ADULT Event

Andrew Morton in conversation – Winston Churchill and the House of Windsor

Join Andrew Morton as he discusses his latest book; Winston Churchill and the House of Windsor: a meticulously researched dual biography revealing how the politician’s close association with the crown shaped modern Britain.

Few figures in British history have been so deeply and so consequentially involved with the British royal family as Winston Churchill. He was unique in his role: helping to shape not only a single reign but an entire royal dynasty.

The House of Windsor helped shape Churchill’s career and his legacy: from his young days receiving paternal advice from Edward VII; his middle years of diehard loyalty to King Edward VIII during the abdication crisis; his initially grudging but ultimately fruitful partnership with George VI during the Second World War; to his enduring fondness for young Elizabeth II, the last sovereign he served. At times, Churchill was treated with suspicion and contempt, at others, as a trusted confidante but regardless, his influence was central to the twentieth-century history of the British monarchy.

about the author

Andrew Morton is a leading authority on modern celebrity and royalty, and author of the internationally bestselling biography Diana: Her True Story. Revealing the secret world of the Princess of Wales, the book spent fifty-eight weeks in the bestseller lists, was translated into thirty-five languages and inspired films, documentaries and commentaries about the royal family.

Since, Morton has gone on to write No. 1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers on Monica Lewinsky, Madonna, David and Victoria Beckham, Tom Cruise and Angelina Jolie, as well as a ground-breaking new biography of Wallis Simpson, Wallis in Love: The Untold True Passion of the Duchess of Windsor. The winner of numerous awards, he divides his time between London and Los Angeles.