Archive footage shows the Queen giving Nazi salute

[Jazzy]

Buckingham Palace has reacted with disappointment after The Sun published archive footage which appeared to show the Queen performing a Nazi salute.

In the footage, shot in 1933, the seven-year-old then princess can be seen giving the salute alongside the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret and Uncle Edward VIII.

Speaking last night, Buckingham Palace accused The Sun of having ‘exploited’ the footage.

‘It is disappointing that film, shot eight decades ago and apparently from her Majesty’s personal family archive, has been obtained and exploited in this manner’, a palace spokesman said.

But Labor MP Barbara Keeley was among hundreds of Twitter users who defended the monarch.

‘Hey @TheSun, if you want to stir up some moral outrage about a misjudgment in history, look a bit closer to home’, she wrote.

Twitter user Josh Cook added: ‘Horrible journalism. Pre-World War Two, before anybody knew anything about Nazi behavior. Totally taken out of context’.

And military historian James Holland claimed that the footage showed the Royals to be ‘human’.

‘They are all having a laugh, there are lots of smiles, so it’s all a big joke’, he told The Sun.

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Your thoughts about the footage?

 

[DrLeftover]

I've seen it, and reviewed the context.

Hitler had been Chancellor for a few months, Dachau (which opened in early 1933) was still being used to contain the Nazis political enemies, soon-to-be-King Edward was a known fascist sympathizer and borderline anti-Semite who later condemned what the National Socialists became, the two princesses were simply following their Mum's lead showing off for the film camera, which, in 1933, was also still new.

Non-story.

The attempt by the paper to embarrass the Royal Family by suggesting that the gesture was, at the time, a political gesture by the current Queen may backfire on them.

 

[Webster]

I've seen it, and reviewed the context.

Hitler had been Chancellor for a few months, Dachau (which opened in early 1933) was still being used to contain the Nazis political enemies, soon-to-be-King Edward was a known fascist sympathizer and borderline anti-Semite who later condemned what the National Socialists became, the two princesses were simply following their Mum's lead showing off for the film camera, which, in 1933, was also still new.

Non-story.

The attempt by the paper to embarrass the Royal Family by suggesting that the gesture was, at the time, a political gesture by the current Queen may backfire on them.

Agreed; this is a non-issue. Also, consider the source, Jazzy: the Sun Scum tabloid; if there's a more wretched fucking newsrag in the UK, please let us know....that rag makes the Washington Times here in the U.S. look like the Wall Street Journal... ....just look up how the Scum covered the 1989 Hillsborough disaster and you'll know everything you need to about that rag.

 

[DrLeftover]

It's not going away:

Now the Royal family faces TV 'Nazi' exposé: As Palace considers legal action over 'Hitler salute' photos, Channel 4 documentary is set to reopen a painful chapter of Duke's family history

• Buckingham Palace bracing for new revelations in Channel 4 documentary
• It comes amid furore over footage showing Queen performing Nazi salute
• The programme will reveal details of Prince Philip's sister's marriage
• Three of his sisters, including Sophie, were married to senior Nazi officers

19 July 2015

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...gal-action-Hitler-salute-photos-new-blow.html

 

[Webster]

*looks over towards Doc Leftover* So, what do you think is going to happen? I mean, we're talking about a story that is what, about 8 decades old, brought to the surface by probably the most disreputable tabloid in the West...remind me again why we should take this story seriously?

 

[DrLeftover]

Well...

Another move by the anti-royalists to do away with the monarchy.

Given that Chuckie is next in line, they might get some traction this time.

If he abdicates in favor of William and the good looking chick, then that idea will go away for another twenty years or so. But, I don't see Charles doing that.

 

[Webster]

Well...

Another move by the anti-royalists to do away with the monarchy.

Given that Chuckie is next in line, they might get some traction this time.

If he abdicates in favor of William and the good looking chick, then that idea will go away for another twenty years or so. But, I don't see Charles doing that.

Won't. Happen. British republicans have been trying to do that for decades and gotten nowhere; even with this, I don't see it happening. As to Prince Charles...if anything, the House of Windsor's been somewhat pragmatic in that regard; if need be, one could see Charles step aside in favor of William & Kate if for no other reason than practical politics...