LONDON (REUTERS).- London’s Savoy Hotel, the “Palace by the Thames” that has welcomed generations of royals, prime ministers and Hollywood stars, reopens this weekend after a facelift that cost 220 million pounds ($350 million). With its iconic Art Dec…
London’s Savoy Hotel to Reopen after Facelift
LONDON (REUTERS).- London’s Savoy Hotel, the “Palace by the Thames” that has welcomed generations of royals, prime ministers and Hollywood stars, reopens this weekend after a facelift that cost 220 million pounds ($350 million). With its iconic Art Dec…
70 Years on, Britain Remembers ‘The Few’
LONDON (AP).- Vintage World War II fighter planes flew over London Friday to pay tribute to “the few” — pilots who defended the country from German attack during the Battle of Britain. Between July and October 1940, Royal Air Force fighter squadr…
Winston Churchill’s Choppers Sold at Auction in England
LONDON (AP).- A partial set of dentures used by former British leader Winston Churchill — described as the teeth that saved the world — sold at auction Thursday for 15,200 pounds ($23,723.) The upper dentures, one of several sets specially ma…
Sir Winston Churchill’s Masonic Apron on View in London
LONDON.- A number of members of parliament have been freemasons over the years, including Sir Winston Churchill. In 1902 Winston Churchill, half way through his first term as member of parliament for Oldham, placed an order for his apron from H.T. Lamb…