King and Queen inspecting bomb damage at Buckingham Palace
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth pictured among the rubble at Buckingham Palace following German air raids during the Blitz, September 1940. The Palace suffered bomb damage on 8 September and on the morning of the 13th, the King and Queen were in residence when a bomb was dropped into the Quadrangle. They escaped unhurt but one workman was killed
Picture No
10435798
Media ID
46670995
Size
6294px x 4591px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph
Date
1940





























