The Sun’s decision to publish pictures of the Queen as a child giving the Nazi salute has provoked a wide range of opinion on Twitter.
Damian Thompson, associate editor of the Spectator, is not amused:
Yup, @StigAbell, we know Edward VIII was a Nazi-sympathising parasite, but what’s so great about humiliating the Queen?
— Damian Thompson (@holysmoke) July 17, 2015
Channel 4 News political correspondent Michael Crick, however, praised the newspaper:
Congratulations to The Sun for publishing photo of 6-year old Queen giving Nazi salute in 1933. Of course they should have published it
— Michael Crick (@MichaelLCrick) July 18, 2015
BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones also thinks it is a good story:
Whatever you think of the Sun, Queen doing a Nazi salute is an amazing scoop which any paper would have published (except perhaps Mail?)
— Rory Cellan-Jones (@ruskin147) July 18, 2015
As Cellan-Jones intimated, the Daily Mail has decided that the public is outraged by the Sun’s story:
Public reacts with fury after The Sun publishes pictures of the Queen doing Nazis salute http://t.co/Tst98UfTJY pic.twitter.com/pxA7OpgcFV
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) July 18, 2015
“beaubodor” quips:
Stunned at the Sun front page not blaming the BBC for the Queen's Nazi salute.
— beaubodor (@beaubodor) July 17, 2015
Meanwhile, Times columnist David Aaronovitch was unimpressed with the coverage of the story on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme:
Some sepulchral tones used on @BBCr4today discussion of the #salute pictures. Really not necessary. No-one thinks the Queen is a Nazi.
— David Aaronovitch (@DAaronovitch) July 18, 2015
