British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on his way to hand in his resignation to King George VI in July 1945.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on his way to hand in his resignation to King George VI in July 1945.
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Churchill spent his early years at Blenheim Palace, a 2,000-acre, 187-room Baroque mansion built in the early 1700s to honor his distant relative John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough.
Blenheim Palace (Oxfordshire) —
Churchill spent his early years at Blenheim Palace, a 2,000-acre, 187-room Baroque mansion built in the early 1700s to honor his distant relative John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough.
Courtesy Blenheim Palace
Highlights at Blenheim Palace include visits to the chapel where he was baptized and the Temple of Diana where Churchill proposed to Clementine, his wife.
The Blenheim proposal —
Highlights at Blenheim Palace include visits to the chapel where he was baptized and the Temple of Diana where Churchill proposed to Clementine, his wife.
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Despite flunking its entrance exam, Churchill attended Harrow School, in a leafy northwest London suburb, from 1888 to 1893.
Harrow School (London) —
Despite flunking its entrance exam, Churchill attended Harrow School, in a leafy northwest London suburb, from 1888 to 1893.
Courtesy Harrow School Enterprises Ltd
The room at Harrow School in which Churchill, returning as prime minister in 1941, made a famous speech: "Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never."
Return of an old boy —
The room at Harrow School in which Churchill, returning as prime minister in 1941, made a famous speech: "Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never."
Courtesy Harrow School Enterprises Ltd
Chartwell, Churchill's family home in rural Kent, southeast of London.
Chartwell (Kent) —
Chartwell, Churchill's family home in rural Kent, southeast of London.
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Churchill, a keen painter, said of his family home: "A day away from Chartwell is a day wasted."
Chartwell as painted by Churchill —
Churchill, a keen painter, said of his family home: "A day away from Chartwell is a day wasted."
Courtesy National Trust
The atmospheric secret bunker beneath the streets of London where Churchill gathered his war cabinet is open to the public.
Churchill War Rooms (London) —
The atmospheric secret bunker beneath the streets of London where Churchill gathered his war cabinet is open to the public.
Courtesy Imperial War Museum
Surrounded in wartime by a thick forest, Ditchley Park was used as a rural retreat by Churchill during World War II.
Ditchley Park (Oxfordshire) —
Surrounded in wartime by a thick forest, Ditchley Park was used as a rural retreat by Churchill during World War II.
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Bletchley Park was the home of Britain's crucial wartime code breaking operations, which Churchill championed.
Bletchley Park (Buckinghamshire) —
Bletchley Park was the home of Britain's crucial wartime code breaking operations, which Churchill championed.
Courtesy Bletchley Park