The Queen recalls working 'very hard' in 1941 for a life saving badge which she thought was 'very grand' Her Majesty reminisced about achieving the life saving badge as she chatted to members of the Royal Life Saving Society 10 May 2021 • 11:47am Throughout her long reign, the Queen has amassed an extraordinary collection of priceless jewellery, diamond-encrusted crowns and tiaras. But as a young girl, she was impressed with something rather more humble, a life saving badge for which she worked “very hard” and which she thought at the time was “very grand.” Her Majesty, 95, held a video call with members of the Royal Life Saving Society, in which she reminisced about the days during the Second World War when she was taken with her sister, Princess Margaret, to swimming lessons at the Bath Club, a gentleman’s club in Dover Street, Mayfair.