10 shocking revelations about Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill - regularly voted the greatest British Prime Minister of all time - was born 140 years ago today (30th November).
Exclusively for BCG, Historian Toby DeWinter gives us a run-down of the top 10 most amazing facts we never knew about the great statesman.
1. He had a special accent he used in private:
2. The phrase 'Iron Curtain' was an ad-lib:
3. He used to drink port for breakfast:
4. Mussollini was a leading cause of obesity:
5. He and Bessie Braddock had a secret affair:
6. Parliament used to organise Easter egg hunts:
7. He had a surprising fondness for gardening:
8. The RAF airfields were far from clean:
9. He spent the Dunkirk Evacuation blind drunk:
10. Vera Lynn had a 'reputation'...
Toby DeWinter's new series Churchill: The Lost Interviews will be airing in 2015, for more information, extracts and articles, visit www.churchillinterviews.co.uk
Toby is on twitter: @HisTobyDW
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