1914-1945:The King and Queen stand amid the bomb damage at Buckingham Palace. The Palace was a delib
1914-1945:The King and Queen stand amid the bomb damage at Buckingham Palace. The Palace was a deliberate target for the Luftwaffe as their High Command felt that the destruction of the Royal Palace would demoralise the nation, whereas it had the opposite effect.The Queen was famously to utter “I’m glad we have been bombed. Now I can look the East End in the face” -- source link