ROYAL FAMILY SCANDAL ALERT!
Queen Elizabeth II has been caught on camera clearly giving the infamous Nazi salute popularized by Adolf Hitler and his cronies.
But there's a pretty big catch: The incident took place in 1933. When Elizabeth was seven years old.
British tabloid The Sun actually tried to make this a story in its latest issue, covering its front page with a still image from a 17-second video it obtained and writing as a headline:
"Their Royal Heilnesses."
The newspaper's official Twitter account then wrote as a message: "Secret 1933 film shows Edward VIII teaching Nazi salute to Queen."
As you might expect, many critics called out The Sun for trying to turn a child's gesture (which took place prior to Hitler truly becoming Hitler, of course) into a scandal.
"If the Queen does another Nazi Salute let me know about it. Until then...she was 7 and it didn't even have it's eventual context. Not news," Ricky Gervais Tweeted in response, speaking for anyone with a brain.
The comedian went on to say:
"I wish all those headlines 'Ricky Gervais defends The Queen' more accurately read 'Ricky Gervais defends the actions of a 7 year old child."
How has The Sun defended its actions?
"These images have lain hidden for 82 years. We publish them today, knowing they do not reflect badly on our Queen, her late sister or mother in any way.
"They do, however, provide a fascinating insight into the warped prejudices of Edward VIII and his friends in that bleak, paranoid, tumultuous decade."
So, really, supposedly, this is a scandal about Edward VIII and not the eventual Queen? Got it.
Either way: WHO CARES?!?
