Ted Powell, "Churchill and the Crown" (Oxford UP, 2026)
About this episode
Ted Powell discusses Winston Churchill's complex relationships with the British monarchy throughout his political career.
Winston Churchill was born in a palace and was given a funeral worthy of a king. His family had enjoyed an intimate association with the British monarchy stretching back centuries. As King Edward VIII said of him, 'I have never met anyone of royal blood who exemplified in such high degree the ideal of the 'good king.' Churchill and the Crown (Oxford University Press, 2026) tells the story of Churchill's relationship with the various kings and queens he served during his long political career, from young journalist under Edward VII, through his dramatic fall from grace in the First World War under George V, the frustrations of appeasement during the interwar period and his relationship with Edward VIII during the abdication crisis of 1936, culminating in his Finest Hour in the Second World War under George VI and the coda of Churchill's public service to his final monarch: Queen Elizabeth II. Ted Powell analyses Churchill's writings on monarchy and his role in preserving and establishing monarchies outside Britain. At the core of the book is a series of studies of Churchill's relationships with the monarchs he served. These studies offer a two-way perspective, examining both…
People in this episode
Guest: Ted Powell
Topics covered
- Winston Churchill
- British monarchy
- political history
- 20th century Britain
- Churchill's writings
- monarchs
- historical relationships
Keywords
- Churchill
- monarchy
- Edward VIII
- George VI
- historical analysis
- political career
- 20th century
- British history
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Organizations: Oxford University Press
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