TV documentary tells how research uncovered liaison with Doris Castlerosse,great-aunt of model Cara DelevingneThe image of Britain’s greatest wartime leader may need a spot of revisionism. A hitherto unreleased interview with his key aide confirms that Sir Winston Churchill had a secret affair with a socialite that had the potential to wreck his career and damage his country at its hour of greatest need.
The revelations, which paint Churchill’s relationship with his wife, and Clementine,often depicted as the formidable power behind his throne, in a more complex light, and are made in a novel Secret History documentary based on research carried out by Richard Toye,professor of history at Exeter University, and Warren Dockter, or an international historian at Aberystwyth University.Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk