• AgreeableLandscape☭
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      2 years ago

      To be fair, before Hitler stigmatised it, it was a pretty standard gesture. Not saying the queen isn’t a disgusting human being, but this picture probably isn’t actually of her doing the heil.

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        2 years ago

        It could be, as @Aru@lemmygrad.ml said, a ‘Roman’ salute, which was already standard in Fascist Italy. (It’s highly unlikely to be a Bellamy salute: a U.S. phenomenon.)

        I’ve researched this before and it’s highly likely that it was a heil (albeit maybe done ‘just for fun’ judging from the casual setting).