Winston Churchill and Queen Elizabeth II 's relationship preceded her ascent to the throne in 1952. They first met during the ...

The funeral, codenamed “Operation ... whose family made Churchill’s favourite champagne. After a service at St Paul’s, the coffin was put on a barge to head up the Thames to Waterloo Station ...

For Sir Winston Churchill, who died 60 years ago today ... Operation Hope Not - the name for the funeral plans that had been more than a decade in the making - kicked into gear as tributes poured ...

The funeral of Sir Winston Churchill on 30 January 1965 was broadcast live on the BBC and seen around the world. It was the first state funeral of a politician in the century and the biggest ...

As remarkable as the national and international reaction at the time of his death, is the phenomenon that Sir Winston ...

where the Churchill funeral services are to be held Saturday. Today, however, the British Foreign Office notified Israel that there would be two seats reserved for Israel at the cathedral ...

CHURCHILL — Funeral services will be held 11 a.m., Tuesday, January 14th at The Shirley Meeting House, On the Common, Shirley Center. For directions go to www.shirleymeetinghouse.org Burial will ...

Churchill's coffin is brought into the Cathedral and the service begins ... had granted permission for Churchill to receive a state funeral in 1960. ↗ Originally broadcast 30 January 1965.

From a BBC memo outlining prospective plans in the event of Churchill's death, to a Radio Times dedicated to the funeral itself, the impact on British society is made clear. Also included are ...

In 1965 a similar number, 25 million, watched Churchill's funeral in the UK ... the steps and was given a chair to rest on. After the service, the catafalque was drawn to the pier by Tower ...