Queen Elizabeth’s granddaughter Lady Louise Windsor could become the first female Royal to join the military since late nan was 18.
The late queen went against her father’s wishes when she became the first Royal woman to be a full-time member of the armed forces.
King George VI may have deemed her training as a princess to be more important than World War II labour shortages, but Elizabeth disagreed.
Determined to ‘do her bit’ for the war effort, Elizabeth joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1945, along with 250,000 other women who served in the war.
Although other Royals have joined the military – including Prince Harry, who served in Afghanistan – they have all been men since then.
That could now change if the Royal Family’s so-called ‘secret weapon’, Lady Louise Windsor, pursues her latest passion.
When not busy being a second year English student at St Andrew’s University, 20-year-old Lady Louise gives her time to the army cadets.
‘She talks about being very keen on a career in the military, serving the King and country’, MailOnline reported a source as saying.
‘She is all about the Army Cadets and has fallen in love with it.’
Where exactly that will lead is up for grabs.
Her dad Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, dropped out of Royal Marines training.
King Charles trained with the RAF before joining the Royal Navy, and his son Prince William followed suit in service hopping, joining all three branches.
Queen Elizabeth mainly drove and maintained vehicles during her auxiliary service.
Once she ascended to the throne as monarch, she also became Head of The British Armed Forces.
As eighth in line to the throne, it’s unlikely Lady Louise will quite reach that height, but she’s sure to find a future in either ‘the military, diplomacy or law’, as her LinkedIn page has reportedly said.
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