3 Careful advance arrangements had been made to ensure that Churchill received ten daily newspapers and five Sunday newspapers. 2 The Churchills were accompanied on the flight by ‘Jock’ Colville (former Joint Principal Private Secretary) and his wife, Lady Margaret, by Lady Monckton (Conservative Peer and wife of Sir Walter who had been Churchill's Minister of Labour and National Service in his last Government), by Anthony Montague Browne (Principal Private Secretary) and his wife Nonie, Miss Doreen Pugh (Personal Secretary), Sergeant Edmund Murray, Churchill's bodyguard, Mr and Mrs Ivan Shepherd (nursing attendants), Ms Frieda Abraham (Lady Churchill's maid) and two valets. The Churchills were to spend their holiday in Morocco at the Hotel Mamounia, during which time Churchill painted two pictures, one from the hotel terrace and one in the gardens. On 12 January 1959 at 11.30 am, Sir Winston and Lady Churchill flew to Marrakech in an Olympic Airways Douglas DC 6, arranged by Aristotle Onassis, for his sixth and final visit to that city. Other exhibitions honouring Churchill this year include “Churchill: Science in War and Peace” at the Science Museum in London, “Churchill’s Final Journey” at the National Railway Museum in York, and “Churchill – De Gaulle” at the Esplanade des Invalides in Paris.Despite Sir Winston Churchill's severe illness in 1958 while holidaying in the South of France, 1 he planned a four-week visit to Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, a two-week sail to the Canary Islands on the yacht belonging to Aristotle Onassis (shipping magnate and owner of Olympic Airways) and a five-week visit to Morocco. After a State funeral he was buried at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. Winston Churchill died, aged 90, on 24th January 1965, of a stroke. And 50 years on, he holds a very special place in the nation’s heart.” He made some mistakes, he was a very human person who could relate easily with the soldier or the scientist or the professional. Randolph Churchill, Winston Churchill’s great-grandson says his achievements have ensured a very special place for him in British history: “Churchill wasn’t perfect in every way. Winston Churchill only took over the job on 10th May 1940, and is credited with leading the country to victory, and maintaining moral with a series of brilliant speeches. When the Second World War broke out in September 1939, Neville Chamberlain was the British Prime Minister. You gain a different appreciation of him.” We perhaps know some more detail, but in fact as more detail comes out, you get closer to the man and his life. Phil Reed, the director of the Churchill War Rooms said that he hoped the exhibition would provide a more detailed insight into Churchill’s personality: “The facts of Churchill’s life haven’t changed obviously. The original wartime bunker used by Churchill and his cabinet during the Blitz can be visited at the Churchill’s War Rooms museum in London, which is a branch of the Imperial War Museum. He was an iconic figure, renowned for his cigars, quick wit and WWII leadership. Wartime British Prime Minister Winston Churchill died 50 years ago this month – and the anniversary has been marked by a flurry of events and exhibitions.
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