Elizabeth Saxe-Coburg-Gotha doing the nazi salute

Once a german, forever a german

just let her be herself.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3165923/Pictured-Queen-taught-NAZI-SALUTE-Edward-VIII-secret-1933-film-Balmoral.html

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Reply 1

N-R-G

Well done Edward that's the spirit.

Reply 2

Fullofsurprises

Murdoch hates the royals (because he feels he should be supreme ruler?), so this is part of his ongoing campaign against them.

It does make you wonder though, looking at that, where the prewar sympathies of our German royals really lay. They always pin the Nazi sympathies on Edward VIII, but perhaps it went further.

Reply 3

username1221160

You can't really pin anything on the Queen herself, but it says something about the political views of the Royal Family at the time.

I can see why the Daily Mail has run an article largely critical of The Sun. It does has its own fascist past to brush under the carpet.

Reply 4

flibber

It's the tabloid media. What do you think? They print anything that'll get attention and boost sales, no matter how controversial it is.

Reply 5

scott18044

Further proof that the Sun is nothing more than gutter press.

Reply 6

Fullofsurprises

Original post by Quantex

Yes, it's comical to see the Mail trying to smear Murdoch with something that it did itself back in the 30s.

When you watch the video clip, there's something about the way the Queen Mother does the salute that suggests complete familiarity.

Reply 7

gladders

She was a CHILD OP, you ignorant twunt. And calling her 'German' shows you're racist. She's no more German than I am.

God, if this were the USA you'd be demanding Obama's birth certificate.

Reply 8

username402722

Original post by scott18044

Further proof that the Sun is nothing more than gutter press.

The person who said that The Sun should look closer to home about misjudgments (1989 after Hillsborough) had it spot on.

Andy Burnham must feel vindicated for deciding not to talk to the Sun if he becomes Labour leader.

Reply 9

HucktheForde

Original post by gladders

She was a CHILD OP, you ignorant twunt. And calling her 'German' shows you're racist. She's no more German than I am.

God, if this were the USA you'd be demanding Obama's birth certificate.

you mad

Who actually cares?

This sheds a bad light on Edward, not Elizabeth.

Bit pointless really.

Reply 12

The_Mighty_Bush

Wbo cares? Thought it was already commom knowledge that Edward liked the Nazis. Plus liking the Nazis in 1933 isnt exactly the same as liking them in 1942.

Its the communists we have to worry about.

Reply 13

domonict

No fan of the royal family but this is just bonkers.

To suggest that a 6/7 year old kid acting out something in front of a family cine camera is showing any political opinion is laughable.

Murdoch should be stripped of his ownership of media in this country.
Not because of this, but because he is a complete nutter.

Reply 14

the bear

i guess we all did crazy **** aged 6

Reply 15

lustawny

Original post by the bear

i guess we all did crazy **** aged 6

Yeah, I can relate. I fell off the monkey bars at school when I was 6, and got the day off school because I was quite badly hurt as a result.

Reply 16

driftawaay

That is ridiculous. Next. :h:

Reply 17

yo radical one

I despise the royal family, the institution and in fact pretty much every symbol of entrenched privilege in this country, however this is more a reflection on Edward VIII than a six year old girl who had no idea what any of this meant.