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Great Contemporaries
Great Contemporaries: Richard Meinertzhagen
The pro-Zionist Meinertzhagen nursed a mutual dislike for the pro-Arab Lawrence, but the two were alike in making enemies by challenging the status quo among the military and officialdom. He was a brave and valiant officer who often gave Churchill sound advice.
Great Contemporaries: Peter and Alexandra
When King Peter II of Yugoslavia wanted to marry Princess Alexandra of Greece, Churchill defended the marriage but the Foreign Office had a problem with it. Although in this case Churchill won, Peter II was deposed by Tito’s Communist assembly in 1945.
Great Contemporaries: Ralph Wigram and His Death
Ever since the producers of “The Wilderness Years” television documentary (1982) took liberties by suggesting that Wigram was a suicide, it has been broadly accepted as fact. Indeed recently another myth was layered on to this one: that Wigram’s parents didn’t attend his funeral in Sussex because suicide was proscribed by the Church.
Churchill and Ataturk
What were Churchill's remarks on the death of Mustapha Kemal (Ataturk)?