Picture No | 10435803 |
Date | 1940 |
Description | King and Queen inspecting bomb damage at Buckingham Palace |
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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.
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Source | Unattributed photograph |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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