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Buckinghampalace Reacts To Image Of Young Queen Elizabethii Giving A Nazi Salute by AbuadStudent(m): 10:08pm On Jul 18, 2015


British Tabloid newspaper today Saturday July 18th published images showing a then six year-old Queen Elizabeth II giving a Nazi salute in the early 1930s. She was with her 3-year-old sister Princess Margaret and her uncle, who would later be crowned Edward VIII. The dramatic headline on the story read; Their Royal Heilnesses – a reference to the ‘Heil Hitler’ greeting used in Nazi Germany

Buckingham Palace released a statement through a spokesman saying “It is disappointing that film shot eight decades ago and apparently from HM’s (her majesty’s) personal family archive has been obtained and exploited in this manner.”


The Sun also published a separate explanation of why it decided to run the footage, saying the images must be seen in their historical context.
“These images have lain hidden for 82 years. We publish them today, knowing they do not reflect badly on our Queen, her late sister or mother in any way.
“They do, however, provide a fascinating insight into the warped prejudices of Edward VIII and his friends in that bleak, paranoid, tumultuous decade.”
Elizabeth ascended to the throne in 1952 following the death of her father…


http://naijafire.com/index.php/2015/07/18/buckingham-palace-reacts-to-image-of-a-young-queen-elizabeth-ii-giving-a-nazi-salute/
Re: Buckinghampalace Reacts To Image Of Young Queen Elizabethii Giving A Nazi Salute by haywire1: 10:10pm On Jul 18, 2015
Re: Buckinghampalace Reacts To Image Of Young Queen Elizabethii Giving A Nazi Salute by datola: 10:53pm On Jul 18, 2015
The Sun shone on achieved royal British secret of World War II.
Re: Buckinghampalace Reacts To Image Of Young Queen Elizabethii Giving A Nazi Salute by Lobolintin(m): 11:08pm On Jul 18, 2015
Snoring
Re: Buckinghampalace Reacts To Image Of Young Queen Elizabethii Giving A Nazi Salute by gnykelly(m): 11:38pm On Jul 18, 2015
funny isn't it.
Re: Buckinghampalace Reacts To Image Of Young Queen Elizabethii Giving A Nazi Salute by ademusiwa9: 11:50pm On Jul 18, 2015
What did she know in 1933
Re: Buckinghampalace Reacts To Image Of Young Queen Elizabethii Giving A Nazi Salute by MisterLongman(m): 1:28am On Jul 19, 2015
E be like say the sun sef no get better news to report
Re: Buckinghampalace Reacts To Image Of Young Queen Elizabethii Giving A Nazi Salute by Nobody: 1:34am On Jul 19, 2015
Maybe they were exercising outdoors.
Pictures tend to have very fluid interpretations. cheesy cheesy cheesy
Re: Buckinghampalace Reacts To Image Of Young Queen Elizabethii Giving A Nazi Salute by Nobody: 2:17am On Jul 19, 2015
The picture of a family waving has become a Nazi salute? Just when I was beginning to think Nigerian newspapers hold the title of junk journalism, this one pops up.

The Sun indeed!
Re: Buckinghampalace Reacts To Image Of Young Queen Elizabethii Giving A Nazi Salute by ademusiwa3: 2:45am On Jul 19, 2015
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Re: Buckinghampalace Reacts To Image Of Young Queen Elizabethii Giving A Nazi Salute by BekeeBuAgbara: 3:18am On Jul 19, 2015
Rupert Murdoch at work.

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