Palace ‘disappointed’ over British tabloid publishing image of Queen giving

But now she’s in the news, in the middle of a front-page controversy with the publication of footage of her, as a young child, being prompted into giving a Nazi salute by her uncle Edward, who would one day be king, and the Queen Mother.

The images showing the alleged Nazi salute come from a 20-second black and white home movie which The Sun reported was shot at the royal family’s rural Balmoral estate in Scotland in 1933 or 1934 and has never been made public before.

According to BBC News, Buckingham Palace responded with a statement, expressing disappointment that The Sun “exploited” the film in such a manner (The Sun refuses to divulge how it managed to obtain the film, which was reportedly hidden away in palace archives).

The Queen Mother then makes a Nazi salute, and after glancing towards her mother the Queen mimics the gesture.

The woman is the future queen mother, the girl is the future queen Elizabeth, and the man is her uncle who would shortly afterwards become King Edward VIII.

A photograph of a young Queen Elizabeth II seen giving the Nazi salute has been splashed across the headlines over the last few days after a British tabloid published it on their front page.

At the time today’s long-reigning queen was Princess Elizabeth, aged around six, when the black-and-white home movie released by The Sun newspaper was shot in 1933 or 1934.

Some in Britain are wondering if the video was stolen, seeing as it apparently belongs to the Royal Family.

“Most people will see these pictures in their proper context and time”, the outlet quoted a royal source as saying. She noted in her memoir, written in old age: ‘As Germany was going through hard times and there was a lot of poverty and general dissatisfaction everywhere, we were interested to hear about the great improvements his party was planning to do. “To imply anything else is misleading and dishonest”, the spokesperson said.

“If the Queen does another Nazi Salute let me know about it. Until then…she was 7 and it didn’t even have it’s eventual context”.

“The 1930s haven’t been researched properly in connection with the Royal Family and this can be done now,” historian Karina Urbach told The Sunday.

Edward VIII would abdicate the throne in 1936 in order to marry his non-royal American lover Wallis Simpson, handing over power to his brother George VI, the stuttering monarch depicted in the popular film The King’s Speech.

HollywoodLifers, what do you think about this video?

From the Palace perspective this is a six-year-old princess who didn’t attach any meaning to the gesture.