WI: George VI/Queen Mother killed in air raid

[isabella]

Do not forget who Prince Philip was of German origins exactly as the Windsor were... he was born in Greece from a prince of Greece and Denmark and a woman who was in all-but-name an english princess...

 

[Asami]

Elizabeth surviving? A huge morale boost as the British press spins her as a Queen who lost her parents in a tragic attack. Germany will be treated alot worse by 1945, perhaps with Britain being a bit more straightforward than the Americans with a landing in Normandy. PERHAPS.

I see Britain being lots more anti-German as time passes, but by the 21st century, mostly water under the bridge (How many English kings were killed by Frenchmen? Or Norsemen? Eventually, you forgive.)

 

[Dathi THorfinnsson]

I suspect Operation Vegetarian is a lot more palatable in this TL.

 

[Nae'Blis]

No. ..........

It actually strikes me as rather plausible, Churchill had been considering employing chemical weapons at various points, following such a tragedy as this the gloves could be expected to really come off, have you ever read Last & First Men? Granted in that case it was a princess.

 

[Komnenos002]

No, I just can't imagine anyone really being impacted by the death of two insignificant figureheads. That was my biggest problem with Kings Speech, it wasn't inspiring in the least. "Ooh he lost his stutter, surely this will win the war for the British". Frankly the idea that the death of George the Fourth and his wife, would have any real major effect on the British War effort, is insulting to the strength and will of the aBritish who actually won the war. The members of the armed forces and the workers.

While it's clear that this is how you view the Royal family, it's not how they're viewed now and it definitely isn't how they were viewed in 1940. I do agree that it is insulting to think that Britain would collapse in the event of their death, but at the same time, their deaths will definitely not cause zero impact. I just imagine it's more likely to fire up the British will, rather than the reverse.