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Inside Queen Elizabeth and Winston Churchill's enduring friendship — and how she broke protocol to honor him

Despite their 52-year age difference, Queen Elizabeth and Winston Churchill forged a very close bond.
The Harvard Crimson

Sir Winston Churchill Dies at 90; Johnson Hopes to Attend Funeral

President Johnson said yesterday that he wants "very, very much" to fly to London later this week to attend the funeral of Sir Winston Churchill. He said that whether he will make the trip depends on ...
Reuters

Britain marks 50 years since wartime leader Churchill's funeral

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain marked 50 years on Friday since the state funeral of wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill, with the boat which carried his coffin under the dipping dockside cranes in ...
The Washington Post

The last state funeral was Churchill’s. Queen Elizabeth II’s was bigger.

There were 2,000 attendees in Westminster Abbey, including nearly 90 world leaders. There were 142 Royal Navy sailors pulling the monarch’s coffin afterward, plus 4,000 military personnel on parade.