TIL that when a German bomb directly hit Buckingham Palace in 1940, The Queen Mother reacted by saying: 'I am glad we have been bombed. It makes me feel I can look the East End in the face', and later refused to leave for Canada with her children on the advice of Prime Minister Winston Churchill.


TIL that when a German bomb directly hit Buckingham Palace in 1940, The Queen Mother reacted by saying: 'I am glad we have been bombed. It makes me feel I can look the East End in the face', and later refused to leave for Canada with her children on the advice of Prime Minister Winston Churchill. http://www.westendatwar.org.uk/page_id__39_path__0p28p.aspx saad1121 April 28, 2022 at 10:25PM

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