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    CHURCHILL at HOME

    Apr 03, 2020 5 minutes
    WORDS NATASHA FOGES

    On 8 May 1945, Prime Minister Winston Churchill addressed the millions of people excitedly gathering in streets, pubs and town squares all over the country. After six years of bitter conflict, the Second World War in Europe was over. “My dear friends,” he said, “this is your hour.”

    Churchill’s famous victory speech will be broadcast across the country on 8 May, 75 years after the words were first spoken. To mark the occasion, we took the opportunity to visit two special sites associated with Churchill, where his presence can still be felt to this day.

    Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire was Churchill’s ancestral home, though ‘home’ feels too domestic a word for such a monumental palace. Blenheim was built in the English Baroque style for John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, on parkland gifted to him by Queen Anne as a reward for victory over the

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