Royals and NAZI salutes

The Duke of Gloucester also had a speech impediment and a very high pitched voice which might have been ridiculed. He had a drink problem and had also embarked on an unsuitable love affair prior to his marriage. He was appointed regent until Princess Elizabeth came of age.

That should have read, Would have been appointed regent if anything had happened to George VI.

merlotgran Well all that ran in the family.

Yes. Spoilt for choice weren't they?

Absent, i said not very bright because it was a kinder thing to say

I think George VI speech impediment was caused by being forced to use his right hand when he was naturally left handed. The ridicule he then endured because of this stammer made him withdrawn and shy.

They were a family with many problems, there was also the youngest John who died young

George V was reported as saying something along the lines of "I was afraid of my father and my children will damn well be afraid of me" – not exactly the kind of parent to warm your heart and build your confidence. I don't think the son who later became George VI was helped by the unfortunate coincidence of being born on the anniversary of Prince Albert's death – hardly a major welcome into the world – and, very probably, being reminded about this at every birthday at least for the first few years of his life. Calling him Albert did little to placate his great grandmother's resentment of this presumption.

Curiously George Vth was a devoted and very loving Grandfather, to the Queen and Princess Margaret, both of whom were extremely fond of him. I think this happens in quite a few families, human beings are very complex!
I see Channel 4 is making a programme about the royal family and their Nazi connections! Oh dear, it's almost outside living memory but can still cause distress for some. Why oh why couldn't these keen bastions of morality at least wait until the two main players i.e., the Queen and Prince Phillip are dead. Mind you I suppose it wouldn't have the same shock horror effect then!! FGS why can't they leave these two very elderly people alone?! I know, because it sells the paper and boosts the t.v. ratings!

C4 is to air a programme about one of Phillips sisters and her admiration for Hitler, as his sisters married Germans what's news about this , he is not responsible for the actions of his siblings

As others have said, I feel the photograph should not be assumed to be evidence of Nazi sympathies and, of course, young girls would have had no idea of the significance of the salute which, in any event, may well have just been mimicking and ridiculing Hitler and his supporters.

However, the Observer reported yesterday that the palace has for years sought to suppress the release of damaging material showing the very close and fairly widespread links between the royals and the Nazis. This was at a time when the removal of Jewish people from public office and the escalating harassment and violence against them was being reported and known to most people in the UK.

It is well reported that Churchill, the QM and more were anti Semitic , it was common to see 'no Jews' cards in lodging houses etc, this country was,like many countries, anti Semitic

I just don't see that dragging all this up after all these years is of interest or benefit to anyone. It was a completely different world then with ideas and attitudes that we would find completely unacceptable. Prince Phillip served with distinction in the Royal Navy during WW2 as did the Queen in the AT S. The king and Queen refused to leave London which they could easily have done, and did what they could to boost morale, so I don't really understand what this witch hunt is about - oh, silly me, money of course!!!

And Murdoch is a republican

Why is the Sun stirring up trouble......as children back in the forties we had to make our own fun and we would copy what was on the cinema playing cowboys and indians etc. or because of the war would play at fighting the Germans.....some would be goose stepping and heil hitlering.