Winston Churchill enjoyed luxury hotels, from Marrakech palaces to villas overlooking the Italian lakes. Click on the link below to see where Churchill liked to stay.
via Hotels with History: Sir Winston Churchill’s favourite places to stay | Telegraph Travel
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It is often these behind-the-scenes accounts of those who work in the shadows, so to speak, that reveal the humanity of historic figures that is hard to find anywhere else. This account by Carole Sovocool, the grand-daughter of the head electrician at Buckingham Palace, is one of those accounts. Click on the link below to read her article.
via My grandfather was caretaker to the crown | New York Post
In 2016 The Crown scored a huge hit for Netflix, with American actor John Lithgow playing Churchill at the end of his active political career. This year Brian Cox and Gary Oldman will both be seen in theatrical releases depicting the wartime prime minister.
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When Chartwell, Winston Churchill’s country home, was left to the National Trust, there was one noteworthy condition: The residence must always be home to a ginger tom cat with a white bib and four white paws, in memory of Churchill’s beloved pet, Jock.
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