On This Day: 6 August 1957 - Famous Attack on the Queen by Lord Altrincham 

On this day in 1957, Lord Altrincham was interviewed about an article in which he criticised the Queen.
In the article, the writer and politician described Her Majesty’s style of speaking as "a pain in the neck”.
After the interview, a member of the League of Empire Loyalists came up to him and slapped his face.
The incident is depicted in Episode 5, Season 2 of Netflix’s drama ‘The Crown’.
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