## Video: Princess Charlotte Held By Prince George In First Official Photos [Watch (HLS stream): Princess Charlotte Held By Prince George In First Official Photos](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/oCgyNNQ1.m3u8) (1:22)  _Published 2015-06-06. Fans of the Royal Family were treated to the first official photos of Princess Charlotte and her brother Prince George._ --- description: The tape was shot in 1933 title: Footage Shows Young Queen Elizabeth Giving Nazi Salute image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2b609a8341b41a8/69885b7f0b72e3516d6e4fb1/queen-nazi-salute.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [england](/tag/england/) ## england Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Footage of Young Queen Elizabeth Giving Nazi Salute Causes Controversy in Britain  by [Daniel D'Addario](/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 18, 2015 2:09 PM CUT  The Sun  by [Daniel D'Addario](/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 18, 2015 2:09 PM CUT A British tabloid newspaper [has published](http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/18/europe/uk-queen-nazi-salute-footage/ "undefined") footage of Queen Elizabeth II giving a Nazi salute as a child. The tape, shot in 1933, appears on the website of [the _Sun_](http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/6548665/Their-Royal-b-classredHeilbnesses.html?CMP=spklr-%5F-S9SunSocial-%5F-TWITTER-%5F-TheSunNewspaper-%5F-20150717-%5F-Royals-%5F-209827137 "undefined"), and in still form in the newspaper. It depicts Elizabeth, her mother, her sister Margaret and her uncle Edward (later Edward VIII) playing at Balmoral in Scotland. The degree to which Edward, who reigned for about 11 months in 1936 before abdicating, was sympathetic to the Nazis has long been the subject of historical speculation, while his successor, George VI, led Britain through World War II. Buckingham Palace released a statement after the video was published, saying, “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_‘s own coverage includes a military historian’s attempt to put the gesture in its historical perspective: “I don’t think there was a child in Britain in the 1930s or ’40s who has not performed a mock Nazi salute as a bit of a lark.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3963542/queen-elizabeth-nazi-salute/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3963542/queen-elizabeth-nazi-salute/"},"headline":"Footage of Young Queen Elizabeth Giving Nazi Salute Causes Controversy in Britain","datePublished":"2015-07-18T14:09:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:22:34.578Z","description":"The tape was shot in 1933","url":"https://time.com/3963542/queen-elizabeth-nazi-salute/","keywords":["england","Queen Elizabeth II","World"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2b609a8341b41a8/69885b7f0b72e3516d6e4fb1/queen-nazi-salute.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel D'Addario","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-daddario/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2b609a8341b41a8/69885b7f0b72e3516d6e4fb1/queen-nazi-salute.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"queen nazi salute","caption":"queen nazi salute","creditText":"The Sun","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/england/","name":"england"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3963542/queen-elizabeth-nazi-salute/","name":"Footage of Young Queen Elizabeth Giving Nazi Salute Causes Controversy in Britain"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Princess Charlotte Held By Prince George In First Official Photos","description":"Fans of the Royal Family were treated to the first official photos of Princess Charlotte and her brother Prince George.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/oCgyNNQ1/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-06T23:28:47.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/oCgyNNQ1.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3963542/queen-elizabeth-nazi-salute/","duration":"PT1M22S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3963542/queen-elizabeth-nazi-salute/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```