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Britain was still recovering from the Second World War. Many goods were still rationed, but Clement Attlee's Labour ...
Unsurprisingly, therefore, they were not welcomed by their prospective in-laws. The Duke of Marlborough was far from thrilled, writing to his son Lord Randolph Churchill, who proposed to marry Jennie ...
Ironically, the trend of American money marrying British titles had been sparked by Sir Winston’s parents, Lord Randolph Churchill and Jennie Jerome, who married in 1874 after being introduced by the ...
Nearly two months ago, U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik said an emotional and seemingly heartfelt farewell to the 21st Congressional District, thanking its residents for their support as she departed to b ...
Spanning ‘The Lord of the Rings,’ ‘The Hobbit,’ and even ‘The Rings of Power’ series, plus nuggets from books like ‘The Silmarillion,’ this world is loaded with characters who wield power that can ...
Winston Churchill, British Secretary of State for War, sent the Black and Tans into Ireland on March 25, 1920. It was a fatal mistake by the British that drove Irish opposition to British rule to ...
In an interview with The New York Times, Starmer stated: "Many people are urging us to choose between the US and Europe. Churchill didn’t do it. Attlee didn’t do it. In my view, it would be a grave ...
In April 1944, prime minister Winston Churchill had a lot on his plate. Chief among his many worries was, of course, the direction of the fight against Nazi Germany as war continued to rage.
According to Internet blogs (“Heavenstretch” by Herrick Kimball and “The Woman Who Saved the Man Who Saved the World” by Jeremiah Jacques), Churchill was born into a British upper-class family. His ...
A new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been elected. Kirsty Coventry, the two-time Olympic gold medallist and Zimbabwe sports minister, has become the first woman and ...
In a whimsical piece written by Churchill in 1947, Lord Randolph’s ethereal figure appears in the studio at Chartwell – to muse on the possibility of a political career for his son ...