Queen Nazi Salute: It is shocking now, but many once saw Hitler as funny
No one likes being held responsible for their childish indiscretions, so it is no surprise that the Queen is reported to feel “furious” that video footage has surfaced from around 1933, which shows her prancing round the gardens at Balmoral, aged six, with her mother, the then Duchess of York, giving a Nazi salute at the apparent behest of her uncle, the future Edward VIII.