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Will the Leaked Nazi Salute Film Bring Down the Hated British Monarchy?
19 July 2015
EIRNS—Following the release of an 80-year-old home movie of the British Royal Family, showing a seven-year-old Elizabeth doing a Nazi salute with her mother, uncle, and younger sister, a firestorm has erupted, with British historians demanding full disclosure of the British Royals’ collusion with the Nazis throughout the 1930s. The footage, published in The Sun tabloid, was part of an exhaustive Royal Archive that has been kept hidden from the public for decades. The Guardian published a devastating story headlined, "Royals told: open archives on family ties to Nazi regime," quoting University of London historian Karina Urbach: "The royal family can’t suppress their own history forever. This is censorship. Censorship is not a democratic value. They have to face their past. I come from a country, Germany, where we all have to face our past." Urbach has just published a book, Go-Betweens for Hitler, detailing the links between the British Royals and Hitler. She told the Guardian that all Royal Archives after 1918 are totally off limits, but she has seen boxes containing material from the 1930s, to which she was denied access, and added that she understands that much of the interwar material was destroyed at the end of World War II to hide the deep Nazi ties of leading Royals. Labour MP Paul Flynn, who sits on Parliament’s political and constitutional reform committee, told the Guardian, "It was a very interesting part of our history, when we had a future king who was flirting with the Nazis and the Blackshirts, and we need to know the truth of it. We need more openness. The royals have great influence still. Charles is still the most important lobbyist in the land." The Telegraph reported that the Royals are considering criminal action against the Sun and whoever leaked the 17-second segment of home movies, apparently shot by Queen Elizabeth II’s father, later King George VI. Lyndon LaRouche on Sunday observed that there is a "great deal of wear and tear on the British Empire, including a growing internal opposition." It could rise to the level of a move to dump the Monarchy altogether. "The issue is the British Monarchy’s commitment to a policy of radical population genocide." Jeff Steinberg |
