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[TCRS]

... 80 years ago, encouraged by her naziboo uncle King Edward VIII:

Queen mother on the left lol

Buckingham Palace has criticised the Sun newspaper for publishing footage of the Queen giving the Nazi salute as a child. The palace said that the paper had exploited footage that appeared to have come from the monarch’s personal archives.

The Sun ran an image from the grainy footage from the early 1930s of a young Elizabeth playing with her sister Margaret on its front page on Saturday. The two children are accompanied by their uncle Edward – then Prince of Wales – and their mother in the gardens of Balmoral. The footage shows Elizabeth, at the apparent instigation of both her uncle and her mother, raising her right arm straight in salute to the camera.

A palace spokesman 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.”

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...ootage-of-queen-giving-nazi-salute-as-a-child

pics from the daily mail

german family confirmed

 

[Chuck Norris]

Realllllly stetching for a catchy headline there

 

[KZXcellent]

Well... that's something.

 

[Undead]

Doesn't actually surprise me

 

[A_Gorilla]

That headline is straight out of The Producers...

 

[Guerrillas in the Mist]

It's no real secret that their uncle Edward VIII was a massive Nazi admirer. I'm pretty sure its why the government really pushed for him to abdicate, rather than the whole Wallis Simpson thing.

 

[MMarston]

Kids do foolish mistakes.


Whodathunk

 

[War Peaceman]

That could be a Nazi salute or it could be a picture taken out of context. WHO THE FUCK CARES

 

[Hypron]

Lmao, looking for 80 years old dirt.

 

[kadotsu]

It's almost as if children are influenced by their elders.

 

[Alcoholikaust]

Waving=the new Heil Hitler

gimme a break

 

[A_Gorilla]

Remember when The Sun was a credible news source?

...Neither do I.

 

[Matt_]

honestly who the fuck cares

 

[Mr.Mike]

Kids do foolish mistakes.


Whodathunk

It's not even her making a mistake. She's just doing what her dad is telling her to do.

 

[FortuneFaded]

The Daily Mail are jumping on board. I wonder if they realise the hypocrisy.

 

[Guerrillas in the Mist]

The Daily Mail are jumping on board. I wonder if they realise the hypocrisy.

It's the Daily Mail, of course they don't.

 

[Escape Goat]

Good thing we stopped her in time.

 

[ElTorro]

Guess in 1933 it was still considered funny/goofy.

 

[xbhaskarx]

So that's where he gets it

 

[Kathian]

Clearly the Fourth Reich are just biding their time. Waiting for the opportune moment.

 

[Dilly]

The most surprising thing to me is that this is a 82 year old video.

 

[Messofanego]

Not just them. Daily Mail was Nazi propaganda back in 1933. They along with Daily Mirror supported fascists.

Lord Rothemere (owner of both papers at the time): "The minor misdeeds of individual Nazis would be submerged by the immense benefits the new regime is already bestowing upon Germany."

 

[buy teh haloz]

 

[Vagabundo]

Giant lizards support the fourth Reich, quelle surprise...

 

[lastplayed]

*Princess Elizabeth

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

the garbage tier reporting we come to expect from the sun

 

[Jonnax]

Guess in 1933 it was still considered funny/goofy.

There was a lot of supportof Hitler back then. Especially among the aristocrats.

Also UK royal family are German.

 

[B-Dubs]

the garbage tier reporting we come to expect from the sun

Don't forget the Daily Mail.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Welp..she lost my support..

 

[Chariot]

There is still a bit of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha left \o/

 

[commedieu]

Chimney.

 

[maquiladora]

Well it was the 1930's, pre-war era. The royal family even met Hitler back then.

 

[travisbickle]

Not just them. Daily Mail was Nazi propaganda back in 1933. They along with Daily Mirror supported fascists.

Lord Rothemere (owner of both papers at the time): "The minor misdeeds of individual Nazis would be submerged by the immense benefits the new regime is already bestowing upon Germany."

Looks like an article that could be taken from the newspaper today.

 

[Jigorath]

I'll never vote for her again.

 

[Einchy]

The most surprising thing to me is that this is a 82 year old video.

I bet she regrets posting that on friendster.

 

[Chariot]

Well it was the 1930's, pre-war era. The royal family even met Hitler back then.

I mean, why not. They weren't clayvoyant and he was an important leader. It's not like our world leaders today wouldn't meet sketchy people.

 

[MudoSkills]

Well I'm not going to vote for her anymore.

Edit: Damn it Jigorath.

 

[Cyd0nia]

The salute is believed to originate from a Roman salute, however at this time it would have already become a commonplace gesture in Italy and Germany - you have to remember though that this is pre-war and at this stage the gesture would not have carried the connotations that it does today.

It was not initially conceived as the totalitarian symbol of menacing foot soldiers that would engulf the world in war, it started out as a peaceful greeting. In Hitler's own words:

I made it the salute of the Party long after the Duce had adopted it. I'd read the description of the sitting of the Diet of Worms, in the course of which Luther was greeted with the German salute. It was to show him that he was not being confronted with arms, but with peaceful intentions. In the days of Frederick the Great, people still saluted with their hats, with pompous gestures. In the Middle Ages the serfs humbly doffed their bonnets, whilst the noblemen gave the German salute. It was in the Ratskeller at Bremen, about the year 1921, that I first saw this style of salute. It must be regarded as a survival of an ancient custom, which originally signified: "See, I have no weapon in my hand!" I introduced the salute into the Party at our first meeting in Weimar. The SS at once gave it a soldierly style. It's from that moment that our opponents honored us with the epithet "dogs of Fascists".

 

[Lazyslob]

lets start a twitter campaign to get her fired from being queen

 

[marvelharvey]

Kids believe in Santa. They're idiots.

 

[TsunamiOfSwagger]

Could have been mocking them, who knows?

 

[DOBERMAN INC]

Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

 

[Walshicus]

I mean, why not. They weren't clayvoyant and he was an important leader. It's not like our world leaders today wouldn't meet sketchy people.

It's no secret that Edward was a Nazi. Dude was scum.

All that's changed is that these parasites have some great PR people now.

 

[Chariot]

The salute is believed to originate from a Roman salute, however at this time it would have already become a commonplace gesture in Italy and Germany - you have to remember though that this is pre-war and at this stage the gesture would not have carried the connotations that it does today.

It was not initially conceived as the totalitarian symbol of menacing foot soldiers that would engulf the world in war, it started out as a peaceful greeting. In Hitler's own words:

And somehow the Hydra Salute makes now more sense than the Hitler one.

I mean, if you want to show that you have no weapon, show both hands, even if righthanded is the norm,

It's no secret that Edward was a Nazi. Dude was scum.

All that's changed is that these parasites have some great PR people now.

I jsut meant in general. There is absolutely nothing wrong with people meeting Hitler in the early 30s.

 

[A_Gorilla]

Could have been mocking them, who knows?

Unlikely. Her Uncle Ed was a big fan of Adolf and Fascism in general (But then, so were most aristocrats after the Russians killed their own nobility and Fascism specifically opposed communism)

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Looks like an article that could be taken from the newspaper today.

Don't see anything about house prices

 

[GAMEPROFF]

Who gives a shit? She was 8 and there was no way a political background. She was told by her uncle to do so.

 

[taranatar]

Well that's the Sun all over. Grabbing straws, seriously who cares.

She's a kid, it was before the war and it was a different time back time, none of this politically correct jump on the wagon back then.

 

[Dambrosi]

Huh.

Slow news day, huh.

 

[HunteronX]

OP using the Sun as a reference, lol

Still, that headline is hilarious.