Buckingham Palace seems to take legal action against a Nazi Documentary
Buckingham Palace is considering instituting a legal action agonists a black and white Nazi documentary, which displays the Queen as a child performing a Nazi salute with her family.
The Palace has launched an inquiry into how the 17 seconds black and white film came into the hands of The Sun newspaper.
The documentary shows the Queen aged six or seven, join the Queen Mother and her uncle Prince Edward in raising an arm salute as she played alongside her younger sister, Princess Margaret.
A Palace spokesman said: "It is disappointing that film, shot eight decades ago and apparently from Her Majesty's personal family archive, has been obtained and exploited in this manner".
The Sun newspaper claims, the grainy footage from 1933 shows the Queen with a dog on the lawn in the gardens of Balmoral, before she raises an arm to wave to the camera with Margret.
Now, the Palace has launched an investigation to look for the source and the motive behind the documentary that The Sun newspaper has received.
However, some have criticized the newspapers decision to publish the footage, and a Palace source said the pictures should be seen 'in their proper context and time'.
Further, the source added, 'The Queen is around six years of age at the time and entirely innocent of attaching any meaning to these gestures. The Queen and her family's service and dedication to the welfare of this nation during the war, and the 63 years the Queen has spent building relations between nations and people's speaks for itself'.
On the other hand, The Sun's managing editor, Sting Abell said, "the footage was obtained by the newspaper 'in a legitimate fashion', and that its publication was 'not a criticism of the Queen or the Queen Mum'.