Royals Miffed Old Picture Of Child/Current Queen Giving Nazi Salute Released

Laurie I am sure the royals have tons of footage that shows them having fun without a salute to Hitler.
 

Our Canadian citizenship oath of allegiance also still includes swearing allegiance to the Queen (of Canada), although I do not consider her as such. But, it is required for those who want citizenship.
 
I think if I really wanted citizenship in my country of choice, I would probably swear allegiance to a rabbit. Just saying...I am too pragmatic to get worked up about whether I actually meant it. Some compromises are worth it, others not.
 

" having fun without a salute to Hitler."

Those little girls had probably never heard of Hitler, and if they had, only as the figure of fun he was widely seen as in the UK at that time.

I think you're allowing your dislike of the Queen cloud your objectivity.

God knows I've made my opinion of the Queen quite clear on a number of occasion, and I'm one of the few in the country looking forward to Camilla, but any reasoned view must be that this is a mare's nest.
 
Ah, c'mon Laurie, any newspaper worth their weight in ink would print that story. It IS newsworthy. It's just a piece of ephemera and I found it very entertaining and I'm sure many others found it amusing too. It's really no big deal, anyway, is it?
 
Cookie said:
Ah, c'mon Laurie, any newspaper worth their weight in ink would print that story. It IS newsworthy. It's just a piece of ephemera and I found it very entertaining and I'm sure many others found it amusing too. It's really no big deal, anyway, is it?
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...any newspaper...

Absolutely, if nothing else it shows how lightly Hitler and the Nazi's were taken early in the 1930s, pre-war. It is history and explains some of the events/thinking early on.
 
"really no big deal, anyway, is it?"

My point exactly, it's a mare's nest, a piece of nonsense about nothing, of interst only to sensation mongers!​
 
Laurie said:
" having fun without a salute to Hitler."

Those little girls had probably never heard of Hitler, and if they had, only as the figure of fun he was widely seen as in the UK at that time.

I think you're allowing your dislike of the Queen cloud your objectivity.

God knows I've made my opinion of the Queen quite clear on a number of occasion, and I'm one of the few in the country looking forward to Camilla, but any reasoned view must be that this is a mare's nest.
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I never said I didn't like the queen personally, but I think it's time in the 21st century to stop giving privileges to those who got them as an accident of birth.

Laurie, could you please use the Reply with Quote feature. I find it difficult to navigate your posts when you just use multiple quotation marks. It would be appreciated and easier to reply to you.
 
Laurie said:
I'll try, but I don't disagree with ALL the points you make, just some of them and I'mm reluctant to quote them all!
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Just delete them after you quote then. Or only address the ones you want to. Or bold the ones you are addressing like many do.
 
Laurie, when I say no big deal, I mean that it's not worth getting worked up about. However, as WhatInThe pointed out, it is very indicative of how we assume Royalty (the royal family) or anyone for that matter had so little clue about what Hitler had in store. I'm curious as to who was behind the camera. Besides, as it was so innocent, why should anyone be miffed? I don't dislike the royals personally either, but I do think that the monarchy is archaic and unnecessary and should be phased out.
 

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