 Adolf Hitler is said to have called her " the most dangerous woman in Europe " because he viewed her popularity as a threat to German interests . However , before the war both she and her husband , like most of Parliament and the British public , had supported appeasement and Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain , believing after the experience of the First World War that war had to be avoided at all costs . After the resignation of Chamberlain , the King asked Winston Churchill to form a government . Although the King was initially suspicious of his character and motives , in due course both the King and Queen came to respect and admire him . At the end of the war in 1945 , Churchill was invited onto the balcony in a similar gesture to that given to Chamberlain . 
