text: identity of the boy at gates of buckingham palace at the end of ww2 calling, " we want the king"? the boy is shown on the railings at the palace ahead of the hordes of people clamouring for the king before the royal family appears on the balcony. there must be someone who knows who he is. it is a shot which is shown very often and has become iconic of the end of the second world war. i thought everyone knew,it was rory emerald