Princess Elizabeth greeting Winston Churchill at a Guildhall reception in London, 1950. By Gerard DeGroot On May 8, 1945, Londoners celebrating V-E Day gathered outside Buckingham Palace, hoping to see the royal family. The royals duly obliged, appearing on the balcony that afternoon. Smack in the middle, however, was an interloper—Prime Minister Winston Churchill, smoking his trademark cigar. The scene was symbolic of how Churchill had wormed his way in among the Windsors. As Andrew Morton...
