Recent research by author Tom Norgate has found that photographer John William Righton was definitely on hand to capture the Churchills’ wedding breakfast on September 12, 1908.īut the photos taken at 52 Portland Place in London, the home of Clementine’s great aunt Lady St Helier - and the venue for their wedding breakfast – seem to have disappeared. Now, the Churchill Archives Centre, based at Cambridge University’s Churchill College, has launched a fresh appeal for information about the photos of the Churchills’ wedding reception to coincide with centenary celebrations taking place both at home and abroad. It has become one of the most celebrated unions in 20th Century history and heads a list populated by other famous political marriages including Margaret and Denis Thatcher and Tony and Cherie Blair. The marriage produced five children, lasted more than 50 years and only ended with Sir Winston’s death in January 1965. Winston and Clementine were married at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster on September 12, 1908, after a very brief engagement announced that August. Winston Churchill is available on Amazon.As the 100th anniversary of Winston Churchill’s marriage to Clementine Hozier beckons tomorrow, question marks remain over what happened to the photographic record of the couple’s happy day. Sonia Purnell’s book Clementine: The Life of Mrs. We don’t yet have details of a UK broadcaster, but we expect PBS to partner with the BBC, ITV or BritBox on the production. “The show will be a window into one of history’s most remarkable and complicated women.” “The series will follow her courtship with Winston and struggle with motherhood, her broken relationship with her young niece, Diana Mitford, who was brainwashed by fascism, her pivotal relationship with American Harry Hopkins (FDR’s conscience) who held the purse strings to (yet to be created) Land Lease, ensuring England could survive against the Germans until America joined the war, and a climactic trip to Russia where she goes toe to toe with Stalin. Known as the “Broke Beauty,” she refused to marry for money or to a man she didn’t love. “Raised by an unstable mother in relative poverty caring for her siblings, Clementine became a suffragette working two jobs. The magnitude of her many achievements are only recently being recognized. Clementine’s story has slipped through the cracks of history. The official synopsis reads: “This is the untold story of a fiercely independent and very modern heroine who risked everything to save her country and the world from fascism–and her husband from himself. Mrs Churchill is expected to premiere on PBS in 2023. Mrs Churchill, as it’s titled for now, is being written by award-winning American screenwriter Margaret Nagle, best known for her work on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. We’re told that each of the five episodes will follow Clementine through pivotal moments of her life. We are thrilled to be working with Masterpiece and developing a series about this complicated, extraordinary woman.” Margaret Nagle is the perfect writer to tell Clementine’s true story, and we’re proud to be partnering with Maven on this compelling series.Ĭeline Rattray from production company Maven commented: “Winston has said that the Second World War would have been impossible without Clementine, and yet she has not been given the credit she deserves. Simpson said: “Our Masterpiece viewers will be enthralled by this historical drama about a fiercely independent woman who influenced the course of world history. Susanne Simpson from PBS Masterpiece made the announcement during the recent virtual Television Critics Association press tour. The five-part limited series comes from the executive producer of World on Fire, Endeavour, Unforgotten, and Grantchester. PBS is developing a new television drama exploring the public and private life of Clementine Churchill.īorn in London in 1885, she was the wife of British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
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