“Batten down the hatches, get through it and the sun will come out eventually,” Hardman said. Whether it be facing bombs in Northern Island throughout the 70s, being shot at by six blanks during a Trooping the Colour ceremony in the 80s or royal marriages falling apart throughout the 90s, the late monarch has risen to the challenges throughout her reign with calm and grace. Today, she is the only head of state in the world who wore a uniform during the Second World War, and likely the only monarch in history who was able to strip the gearbox of a truck.ĭecades after the war, this resilience would persist. Queen Elizabeth II was an apprentice of her father, a man who was never supposed to be king but was coping with the worst crisis in British history - the Second World War.īritish author and documentary filmmaker Robert Hardman believes the Second World War and the abdication of her uncle, King Edward, played an integral role in shaping Her Majesty’s ability to endure through hardship and commit to royal duty.ĭuring the war, the young then-Princess Elizabeth was not one to sit back, but rather looked for ways to contribute to the war effort and play her part, from welcoming officers to the Windsor castle for morale to writing to the next of kin of deceased soldiers. However, it is wonderful to think that all these years later people still find it so appealing and reassuring in our modern times.Ĭheck out our collection and order a reprint of the original design or make your own Keep Calm Poster with our Keep Calm Generator.Global News published this video item, entitled “Keep Calm and Carry On: How WW2 shaped Queen Elizabeth’s strength throughout her reign” – below is their description.
Sadly no record remains of the unknown Civil Servant who originally came up with the simple and quintessential Britishness of the Keep Calm and Carry On message. You can read more about the auction by clicking here. It was purchased at an auction of wartime memorabilia and which our products are a replication of. We too own one of a handful of the original posters that remains in existence. A small number also remain in the National Archives and the Imperial War Museum in London, and a further 15 were discovered in the BBC's Antiques Roadshow to have been given to Moragh Turnbull, from Cupar, Fife, by her father William, who served as a member of the Royal Observer Corps. However, nearly 60 years later, a bookseller from Barter Books stumbled across a copy hidden amongst a pile of dusty old books bought from an auction. It is believed that most of the Keep Calm posters were destroyed and reduced to a pulp at the end of the war in 1945. As this never happened, the poster was never officially seen by the public. The plan in place for this poster was to issue it only upon the invasion of Britain by Germany.
The third and final poster of the set was again very straightforward and to the point - it simply read ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’. These two were posted on public transport, in shop windows, upon notice boards and hoardings across Britain. The first two posters, ‘Your Courage, Your Cheerfulness, Your Resolution will Bring Us Victory’ and ‘Freedom is in Peril’ were produced by His Majesty’s Stationery Office (HMSO). With a bold coloured background, the posters were required to be similar in style and feature the symbolic crown of King George VI along with a simple yet effective font. In late 1939 after the outbreak of the war, the MOI was appointed by the British Government to design a number of morale boosting posters that would be displayed across the British Isles during the testing times that lay ahead. The Ministry of Information was formed by the British Government as the department responsible for publicity and propaganda during the Second World War. So what is this Keep Calm and Carry On thing all about then?
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