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Saturday 18 July 2015

Buckingham Palace reacts to image of a young Queen Elizabeth II giving a Nazi salute

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...
at 7/18/2015 07:56:00 pm

44 comments:

  1. AbokiDaWarriBoy18 July 2015 at 19:57

    Foreign affairs, brb....

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    1. Unknown19 July 2015 at 00:03

      Dis is wht I call epic shading to d royal family...

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  2. Anonymous18 July 2015 at 19:57

    Y the reaction....




    Meenah_wakil on instagram

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  3. Anonymous18 July 2015 at 19:57

    Y the reaction....




    Meenah_wakil on instagram

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  4. Anonymous18 July 2015 at 19:57

    Y the reaction....




    Meenah_wakil on instagram

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  5. Unknown18 July 2015 at 19:59

    That 1 concern them, owelecomibeni

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  6. Eze18 July 2015 at 19:59

    Don't understand shit from this

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    1. Anonymous19 July 2015 at 13:44

      Ode, how will u understand when all u know is vulgarity and how to suck blood out of someone's breast. Rotten seed like u.

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    2. Eze19 July 2015 at 17:36

      OGOCHUKWU Matilda is that u....tnks dou

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  7. Eze18 July 2015 at 19:59

    Don't understand shit from this

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  8. BONARIO NNAGS18 July 2015 at 20:00

    Owk good for them.

    ~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA

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  9. NaijaDeltaBabe18 July 2015 at 20:00

    Wateva

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  10. Unknown18 July 2015 at 20:02

    a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said..
    .
    This babe still be small pikin then nw, make them free person abeg...
    .
    .
    ***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

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  11. Unknown18 July 2015 at 20:05

    This Queen has lived shaa.

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  12. Unknown18 July 2015 at 20:07

    They're not serious

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  13. Unknown18 July 2015 at 20:08

    Der business

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  14. Anonymous18 July 2015 at 20:10

    And do I give a damn about this? Hell NO

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  15. Unknown18 July 2015 at 20:17

    Their own ori fifor. No concern of mine. Linda take note!

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  16. Unknown18 July 2015 at 20:17

    Their own ori fifor. No concern of mine. Linda take note!

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  17. ary18 July 2015 at 20:18

    Goes to show that nothing stays hidden forever, I am betting that she has forgotten about footage.

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  18. Unknown18 July 2015 at 20:19

    I dey laugh (in Obj's voice).

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  19. Unknown18 July 2015 at 20:28

    Ok o

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  20. Unknown18 July 2015 at 20:29

    Indeed its disappointing 4d press to release dis publication which might dent d image of d royal family. I wonder wht was their main motive behind dis.

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  21. Manuel Kunmi18 July 2015 at 20:42

    Okay oooo

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  22. Unknown18 July 2015 at 20:42

    Ko kan aye so am gonna pass

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  23. Unknown18 July 2015 at 20:50

    Why are they reacting to it when It actually happened?



    #TeamBlessed#

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  24. Mihearty18 July 2015 at 20:53

    Their own palava abeg

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  25. gentle18 July 2015 at 20:56

    So in other words the queen's father supported the holocaust genocide of the Jews. Israelites wnt like this.

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  26. Unknown18 July 2015 at 20:58

    Na them sabi...

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  27. Akolawole Yandy18 July 2015 at 21:10

    Alright

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  28. Anonymous18 July 2015 at 21:24

    Oyinbo and amebo

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  29. Unknown18 July 2015 at 21:25

    ok wetin mak me i do nw
    deir ish joor

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  30. Anonymous18 July 2015 at 21:34

    No comment
    ~D great anonymous!

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  31. Anonymous18 July 2015 at 21:39

    Throw Edward under the bus as he is dead
    And seen as the black sheep of the family

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  32. Unknown18 July 2015 at 21:50

    I don't see anything wrong in the pix.

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    1. Anonymous18 July 2015 at 22:29

      Ada pls go and do a research about Adolph hitler and then you will understand better..or go to Netflix documentary movies and search for hitler...that's the nazi salute...he basically and single handedly caused the world war..

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  33. Unknown18 July 2015 at 22:04

    Hmmm

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  34. fikky babe18 July 2015 at 22:10

    Moral of the story, watch what you do today as it could come back to haunt you tomorrow

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  35. Anonymous18 July 2015 at 22:33

    Waoh..in as much as we can not really blame the queen back then,as she was just a child, her uncle needs to be stripped off every honor/title or whatever has been given or bestowed upon him..dead or alive...if you don't know about the nazi salute, you need to go see the movie.or do research..

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  36. I B M bolubantin18 July 2015 at 22:48

    Let's stop celebrating evil

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  37. Anonymous18 July 2015 at 22:55

    No be freedom of speech? Why complain?

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  38. Anonymous19 July 2015 at 07:15

    The sun in making a mountain out of nothing. In 1933, the Nazi party had not begun the occupation of Europe and its anti Semitic policies were not at the forefront of their to do list being put to work. Hitler was lets not forget a charismatic ruler who made grand speeches no matter which way you look at him. He was your modern day version of yes I can, who brought hope for the Arian race which had been battered by the effects of the 1st world war. Most people found his staunch pose and rhetorics amusing especially in the United Kingdom where attitudes were far laid back than in Germany. To practice the heil Hitler salute which became engrafted in the third Reich was done as a thing of fun. People coulnt fathom this serious German who spoke to the souls of disillusioned Germans, and could only copy his one famous act. As time rolled on, Hitler's occupation of Poland and. Chechslokovakia and other regions began to reveal the real intent behind this genius of an orator.

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  39. Emeka19 July 2015 at 08:35


    PLEASE,

    1 - Elisabeth was ONLY 6 years old in that picture. She does NOT the significance of that salute at that time.

    2 - In 1933, when this picture was taken, HITLER was just a few months old in power having been DEMOCRATICALLY elected by millions of German citizens.

    3 - In 1933, Hitler was a respectable German head of state. He started world war II ONLY several years later.

    So basically, there's NOTHING wrong with this picture besides the need to sell more copies of some trashy British junk newspapers.

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