The Queen at War
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The Royal Family in the West End of the World
Before the war, how sort of chaotic the late thirties are for the royal family. But what's interesting though is, when the war comes, you get into this thing where they are the symbol of the nation. They used to project as partof, as part of their propaganda front. I think one of the really fascinating things when elen eleanor roosevelt visits am in 19 forty two,. She is er struck by the way the buckingham palaces run really austerely. The bath had a black line painted on it that the queen wasn't supposed to run the water above or the kids werd so. And that they were really making a self conscious effort
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