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Operation Hope Not was the code name of the plan for the state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill. It was titled The State Funeral of The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, K.G., O.M., C.H., and was begun in 1953, twelve years before his death. [1] The detailed plan was prepared in 1958.
She is the eldest daughter and second child of Baron Duncan-Sandys and Diana Churchill, and a granddaughter of the statesman Sir Winston Churchill. [1] She married Piers Dixon in 1960 and they were divorced in 1970. [2] They have two sons, Mark Pierson Dixon (b. 1962) and Hugo Duncan Dixon (b. 1963). [3]
Winston Churchill received numerous honours and awards throughout his career as a British Army officer, statesman and author.. Perhaps the highest of these was the state funeral held at St Paul's Cathedral, after his body had lain in state for three days in Westminster Hall, [1] an honour rarely granted to anyone other than a British monarch.
Sir Alan Frederick "Tommy" Lascelles, GCB, GCVO, CMG, MC (/ ˈ l æ s əl s / LASS-əlss; 11 April 1887 – 10 August 1981) was a British courtier and civil servant who held several positions in the first half of the twentieth century, culminating in his position as Private Secretary to both George VI and Elizabeth II.
Mary Soames, Baroness Soames, LG, DBE, FRSL (née Spencer Churchill; 15 September 1922 – 31 May 2014) was an English author.The youngest of the five children of Winston Churchill and his wife, Clementine, [1] she worked for public organisations including the Red Cross and the Women's Voluntary Service from 1939 to 1941, and joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1941.
Mary reportedly had a haemorrhage on 24 March 1953. [5] A bulletin released at Marlborough House at 11:40 am announced that there were concerns for her health condition. [3] A second bulletin at 1:40 pm stated that her condition had "become more grave" and there was "a serious weakening of the heart action". [3]
Bertie and Elizabeth was commissioned especially for the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II and was first broadcast on ITV1 on 4 June 2002, only two months after the death of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. The role of Queen Mary was portrayed by Dame Eileen Atkins, a role she again played in season one of The Crown in 2016.
Portrait of James when Duke of York in 1684, by Godfrey Kneller. Mary of Modena in c. 1687 after her coronation as queen consort, a portrait by Godfrey Kneller.. James's predecessor and elder brother, King Charles II, had come to the throne in the 1660 Stuart Restoration, which followed the English Civil Wars, the execution of Charles I and the five year republic known as The Protectorate.