David Starkey: Criticises the Queen
One of Britain's leading historians has sparked a row after accusing the Queen of lacking education, culture or any proper sense of history.
David Starkey, who on Boxing Day presents the last of his 17-part Channel 4 series Monarchy, said: "I don't think she's at all comfortable with anybody intellectual.
"I think she's got elements a bit like Goebbels in her attitude - you remember, he said: 'Every time I hear the word culture I reach for my revolver'."
Dr Starkey said that while accompanying the Queen on a tour of his exhibition on Elizabeth I at the National Maritime Museum, she showed scant interest in the displays, save when she identified a portrait of her ancestor as one of "mine".
He compared her to an uneducated "housewife" who has simply been left some wonderful possessions, and seemed more concerned with the late arrival of her gin and Dubonnet than the exhibits.
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David Starkey, who on Boxing Day presents the last of his 17-part Channel 4 series Monarchy, said: "I don't think she's at all comfortable with anybody intellectual.
"I think she's got elements a bit like Goebbels in her attitude - you remember, he said: 'Every time I hear the word culture I reach for my revolver'."
Dr Starkey said that while accompanying the Queen on a tour of his exhibition on Elizabeth I at the National Maritime Museum, she showed scant interest in the displays, save when she identified a portrait of her ancestor as one of "mine".
He compared her to an uneducated "housewife" who has simply been left some wonderful possessions, and seemed more concerned with the late arrival of her gin and Dubonnet than the exhibits.