The girl repeats the Nazi gesture for her relatives. During the 17-second video, Elizabeth's mother throws up her hand in a Nazi salute. 7-year-old child immediately repeats the gesture, they are joined by an uncle.
It is known that Prince Edward sympathized with Nazi Germany, and believed that Britain needed to learn from that experience of combating communism. Judging by the video, it is easy to conclude what moods were popular in the royal family in the mid-thirties.
The British edition of The Sun, which published the latest news with a scandalous video, refuses to disclose its source, saying only that the original video is in the royal archives.
Buckingham Palace explains the scandalous video of children's prank, but expresses outrage at the presentation of the material:
"Disappointed is the fact that the footage shot eight decades ago, and apparently in the family archive of Her Majesty, was extracted from there and used in this way."
The official statement says that for Elizabeth this gesture meant nothing, because she was then a child, and did not realize her actions. At that time, no one in the royal family could imagine what the coming to power of the National Socialists headed by Hitler would result.
The palace began investigating a video leak with Elizabeth II
Buckingham Palace believes that The Sun rudely violated copyrights, since the right to shoot a private life of the royal family belongs directly to the monarch family. Despite the fact that the representatives of the tabloid assure that the video was received without any violations of the law, the palace decided to start its own investigation.
Another popular tabloid The Times made its assumptions about how the video could be in the hands of journalists. Apparently, the shooting was conducted by King George VI, Elizabeth's father. In this case, the film was to be kept at the British Film Institute, along with the rest of the royal family. According to the second version, the film could be in Paris at Villa Wallis Simpson - the widow of Edward VIII. In 1986, the villa, along with all the things that were there, was purchased by Mohammed al-Fayed. After some time, the businessman divided his purchase into several parts and sold them. It is possible that among the realized things there was also an ill-fated film.