Did you know that Queen Elizabeth II drove the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia around in her Land Rover? A time when Saudi women still weren't allowed to drive in their own country. ⁠ ⁠ Or that she was an auto mechanic in World War II? The first and only woman in the royal family to serve in the Armed Forces. ⁠ ⁠ These subtle gestures of female solidarity and breaks from gender norms were the small steps Queen Elizabeth II talks of in this quote which have the most lasting change. ⁠ ⁠ There is more to feminism than being a woman in a position of power. And she normalised the idea of a woman in charge without ever making a point of it. ⁠ ⁠ Olivia Coleman, who played Queen Elizabeth II in the Netflix series The Crown, called her the “ultimate feminist”. And we can only agree. ⁠ ⁠ 📸: Queen Elizabeth II, 2016. Adrian Dennis