Royal Fascists

It's been splashed across the papers for days: Nick Griffin has been invited to a garden party at Buckingham Palace.

Why is this news?

There are plenty of places that Griffin could visit that would be cause for concern. Buckingham Palace isn't one of them. In fact, where better for a fascist to go than the historic epicenter of British establishment support for the Nazis? Why, he'll feel right at home!

The Queen's Uncle, King Edward VIII (later the Duke of Windsor) was an enthusiastic cheerleaders for Hitler and the Nazi regime. The picture on the right shows him and his equally fascist wife making friends with Hitler in 1937. The Duchess of Windsor was also a friend of famous British fascists, the Oswald Mosleys.

Then there is the case of Princess Michael of Kent's father, Baron Gunther von Reibnitz, who was - you guessed it - a Nazi party member and SS officer. There's also Prince Philip, the Royal Family's chief sexist, racist, homophobic bigot. Aside from his desire to be reincarnated as a "deadly virus" to stop the population "problem" (sounds like a nice guy, doesn't he?), there's also the question of his sister's marriage to a SS Colonel who named their son "Adolf" in honour of Hitler.

Oh, and there's also Harry's sensitive choice of fancy dress...