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| A young Princess Elizabeth, with her mother then-Duchess of York, sister, Princess Margaret, and the future King Edward VIII seen taking a Nazi salute. The Sun |
Buckingham Palace, netizens react on leaked 1933 footage
showing the Queen doing the Nazi salute British tabloid newspaper, The Sun, has published
footage of a seven-year-old Princess Elizabeth giving a Nazi salute.
Shot in 1933, the tape is features on the Sun’s website with
a report published on its newspaper. It shows Elizabeth, her mother, her sister
Margaret and her uncle Edward (later Edward VIII) having a great time in the
grounds of Balmoral CastleScotland. Edward VIII, who reigned following his
father’s death in 1936 for a very short 11 months before abdicating in the name
of love for the American divorcee Wallis Simpson, was accused of sympathizing
with the Nazi. His brother and successor, King George VI, father of Queen
Elizabeth II, led Britain through the difficult years of World War II. The Nazi
would
have even wanted Edward and Wallis, who they referred as Good Queen, to reign.
Buckingham Palace immediately reacted to the video. In a
statement, Palace officials said: “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.”
“There have always been conspiracy theories about the Duke
of Windsor but one could never ever prove his betrayal,” Dr. Karina Urbach, of
the Institute for Historical Research, said.
“He spoke to a
Spanish diplomat saying, ‘This war has to end at all costs and the best way to
end the war would be for the Germans to bomb Britain,’” she continued.
A military historian told The Sun that the salute was
actually common those days and it was not until World War II that Europe really
detested the Nazi.
“I don’t think there was a child in Britain in the 1930s or
’40s who has not performed a mock Nazi salute as a bit of a lark,” the historian
said.
WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Secret 1933 film shows Edward VIII teaching Nazi salute to Queen.See it FREE http://t.co/MDMtZ5lwNh pic.twitter.com/QwpbMXE8Na
— The Sun Newsdesk (@SunNewsdesk) July 18, 2015
Netizens also reacted to the video in defense to the Queen:
Ridiculous to bring
this to light!! No one in 1933 knew what Hitler's plans were for Germany &
of course the royal family had ties with Germany at the time as they were blood
related. - Sharee Schultz
This is sad.
Publishing these photos just to sell magazines. I'm in the USA and heart
emoticon the queen. No one in 1933 knew what hitler was going to do. - Candi
Prater Hutto
For God's sake....how
pathetic can people get....far too way back for people really to give a damn
about and if they do....well all I can say is "get a sodding life" -
Anne Shilton
She was 6 yrs old not
even a queen yet I have done this at that age stuck my finger up at people at
that age we don't usually know what we are doing at that age but lord people
will never let you live down if you are in the spotlight do they.? - Sarah Shaw
No-one then knew what
was Hitler was planning! My Mum's generation copied Hitler's young women's
fitness regimes. My Dad was fascinated by the Hitler Youth and joined a similar
boys' movement in London. At first people marvelled at the sight of massed
Germans hailing their leader. When Hitler declared war, people began to realize
he was so threatening! - Elaine Marion Barnsdale
Before it became known
as the "Nazi salute", it was a formal Roman greeting in politics and
military. Perhaps QE2 was playing Roman and not Nazi? - Terence Tan
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