Royal Family shock: 'Nazi' imagery at Balmoral Castle war memorial raises alarm
THE ROYAL FAMILY was forced to "explain" a symbol present on a war memorial on the Balmoral estate when commentators noticed some "interesting" imagery from the war.
Balmoral Castle memorial: Expert explains 'Nazi' imagery
To commemorate VE Day, Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, led the UK in a two-minute silence. The royal couple also laid a wreath on the Balmoral war memorial, just outside the Balmoral estate they are currently isolating in, due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, ITV News Royal Editor Chris Ship and Producer Lizzie Robinson revealed on their Royal Rota podcast an "interesting tale" about one of the memorials.
Mr Ship told listeners: "We spoke about the war memorial where they were, didn't we?
"When we went to Balmoral last year, that war memorial struck us as slightly strange.
"The one that they erected after the First World War had what looked to us like Nazi swastikas.
"Actually they've had to put up a little plaque explaining that pre-Hitler, this symbol meant something completely different."
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He continued: "So this is the one memorial they were at.
"But I think there's an interesting tale about the war memorial erected before Hitler."
Ms Robinson also spoke about the wreath laid by Charles and the flowers by Camilla.
According to the commentator, the Duchess picked the flowers from the gardens at Birkhall, which is the Prince of Wales' home on the estate.
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Ms Robinson told listeners: "They both attached their own messages to those.
"They were Prince Charles' usual Prince of Wales feathers.
"Camilla was actually honouring one of the regiments that her father had been attached to."
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Mr Ship added: "In her message about VE Day, she was speaking about how she just wanted to remember all of those, including her father's regiment.
"So the minutes' silence led from Scotland by Charles and Camilla led onto a day of events.
"They included Prince Charles reading from his grandfather's diaries.
"That was the first time it had ever been read in public.
"The extracts included King George meeting Winston Churchill that day and the Buckingham Palace balcony."