In promoting the exhibition, the trust quotes a member of palace staff commenting on their conversations, to say: “I could not hear what they talked about, but it was, more often than not, punctuated with peals of laughter, and Winston generally came out wiping his eyes.”
Katherine Carter, the curator at Chartwell, said: “The relationship between Her Majesty The Queen and her first Prime Minister was a longstanding one.
“From Churchill’s warm friendship with her parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, through to Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation and the earliest years of her reign, these archive photographs encapsulate a truly remarkable friendship that changed the course of history.”
The exhibition runs from Saturday January 15 to Sunday February 27. Entry is included within the price of normal admission.
