Sujet

The King and Queen survey bomb damage, Buckingham Palace, London, WWII, 1940. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The King and Queen survey bomb damage, Buckingham Palace, London, WWII, 1940. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth looking at the aftermath of a German bombing raid on 11 September 1940 which destroyed the palace chapel. After the event the Queen famously said "I'm glad we have been bombed. Now I can look the East End in the face". The palace was bombed on seven occasions during the war. (Colorised black and white print).

Date

1940

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19D08_340

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (3,0Mo) / 39,8cm x 31,5cm / 4696 x 3722 (300dpi)

Mots clés

standing building London England female women woman people hat destruction couple country monarch clothes British English color endurance king devastation royal uniform damage damaged palace dress war Westminster location debris rubble century adversity Britain clothing royalty wartime concept Buckingham Palace APPAREL B&W 1940s aftermath hardship overcoming colourised Forties bombed Colour military uniform World War II World War two stoic WWII bombing stoicism black & white black and white B W white and black world war 2 20th century Blitz coping propaganda City of Westminster The Print Collector bomb damage decade Home Front royal family Second World War sovereign TGN WW2 King George VI King of Great Britain Albert House of Windsor Queen photograph portrait 2nd World War Unknown Windsor Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Prince George VI Albert Frederick Arthur George Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Albert Frederick Arthur George Duke of York débris unbowed HM King George VI colorised clothing & dress fashion & clothing Albert Frede