that his affairs were a bit rickety. >> i was going to say it was my understanding that clementine churchill found yourself quite aggravated unconcerned about their cash flow and the debt they were going into, particularly -- [indiscernible] can you comment on the distress this caused clementine churchill? mr. lough: yes, i think you are undoubtedly right. i read that little excerpt about the inheritance, and the feeling of relief. she said it was like floating in a bath of cream. she was so relieved because she hated not being able to pay their bills. she thought that chatwell would prove to be a millstone around the neck. i suppose in purely financial terms, it was. the staff needed for upkeep was very committed expensive. but i did find most of the time the household accounts are not in the archives because clementine was in charge of paying them and she needed a whole lot more money to do so than the monthly allowance. it's only two years, 1935 in 1936 when the household accounts merged with the -- with churchill's accounts, because that is when they were getting really worried about mon

churchill a rolls-royce. jolly jealous of him. also general sir robert laycock and oliver stanley. the conference ended in dismal failure half an hour before clementine reported to her husband, but mr. marshall did not refer to it once. churchill -- the reason he was not there was he had taken four weeks off his work as leader of the opposition at the time to go to the wonderful hotel in marrakesh in morocco to write books and work on his memoirs and paint paintings. the idea of somebody today, a leader of the opposition, to be able to take off four weeks in a freezing cold london winter is quite remarkable. sometimes i rather wish jeremy corbyn, the british leader of the opposition -- [laughter] prof. roberts: he could take longer, if he needed to. clementine continued in this letter to reporting to her husband. he talked much about you and mr. roosevelt. with him, it seems he often disagreed and sometimes did not consult. he said he, the president, would direct his mind like a shaft of sunlight over one section of a subject to be considered leaving everything else in darkness. he did not like his attention called to aspects he had not mastered or w

churchill might've been keen but his reception was tepid. the battalion commander told him, you're coming was not a matter in which we were given any choice. he reported to clementine in a letter that reached london quickly. he noted that horrendous conditions of the trenches, strewn with garbage. he reported rats danced about to the accompaniment of rifle fire and machine guns. despite this, churchill expected his creature comforts and asked her to send him a pair of wading boots, a sheepskin sleeping bag, and assorted foodstuff. i wonder if he was going to eat those all in a single meal. winston churchill was a quick study and soon understood the construction of trenches, how to supply and maintain forward positions, and how to command a battalion under the strains of war. while the battalion was not under full attack, danger was not far away. on november 26, churchill was called away to a meeting. with a core commander who happened to be an old friend. he walked the three miles to the point where a staff car was supposed to pick them up. the car never appeared and churchill slogged back to the trenches. there he learned a german shell has scored a direct hit lea

churchill slogged back to the trenches. there, he learned a german shell had scored a direct hit leaving the man he had left behind. he wrote to clementine, a hand had been stretched out to move me in the nick of time. churchill had anticipated his brigade command by the beginning of december but politics in london frustrated his expectations, especially after french was replaced by haig. he only offered churchill and battalion. that was a quarter of the number of men churchill expected. on new year's, 1916, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, an infantry regiment for the long history dating back to 1678. it was an especially appropriate choice. scottish -- turtles constituency since 1908 had been in scotland. the unit churchill took over was worn and battered after sustaining heavy casualties. it was understrengthed and the loss of officers meant the remainder were young and inexperienced. the men regarded churchill as a political payment and his reception was not helped when he arrived with former personal supplies and was officially allowed. this was churchill's private bathtub complete with a boiler for heating water. [laughter] t

churchill slogged back to the trenches. a german shell has scored a direct hit leaving the man he had left behind. clementine, a hand had been stretched out to move me in the nick of time. churchill had anticipated his brigade command by the beginning of december but politics in london frustrated his expectations, especially after french was replaced by haig. that was just a quarter of the number of men churchill excepted and on new year's day -- just a churchill the men expected. especiallyan appropriate choice. the unit churchill took over was worn and battered after sustaining heavy casualties. and thenderstrength loss of officers meant the remainder were young and inexperienced. the men regarded churchill as a political payment and his reception was not helped when he arrived with former personal supplies and was officially allowed. this was churchill's private bathtub complete with a boiler for heating water. [laughter] that was a luxury denied to enlisted men. he was sometimes -- he would sometimes take two or three baths a day. that happened -- that habit continued all his life. churchill's initial at