The age of the King of Saudi Arabia was disputed. There were many stories about his life and travels after his death.
One of the actions was with Queen Elizabeth II.
While still a crown prince, Abdullah visited the Queen's castle in Scotland in 2003 and she gave him a tour. The Queen jumped into the driver's seat when the cars were brought around.
The Queen knows how to bomb around in a car. The monarch was a member of the auxiliary Territorial Service during the war.
She wanted to join the women who were working to free up men for the front lines. She was the only female member of the royal family who joined the military and served in World War II.
The Queen was in the driver's seat when she turned the car on. She was a driver in the army during the war.
British diplomat Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles told The Sunday Times that during an audience with Her Majesty, she told him that she was talking to Abdullah the whole time, even though he begged her to pay attention to the road.
"As instructed, the crown prince climbed into the front seat of the front Land Rover, with his interpreter in the seat behind. To his surprise, the Queen climbed into the driving seat, turned the ignition and drove off. Women are not — yet — allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia and Abdullah was not used to being driven by a woman, let alone a queen.
His nervousness only increased as the Queen, an army driver in wartime, accelerated the Land Rover along the narrow Scottish estate roads, talking all the time. Through his interpreter, the crown prince implored the Queen to slow down and concentrate on the road ahead."
The queen did not have a driver's license. She did not need one.
The story was first published in the year 2017:
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