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Winston Churchill’s hated his portrait – and now it’s up for auction

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Winston Churchill hated his portrait – and now it’s up for auction

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Huge crowds cram into Whitehall and Parliament Square, central London, to hear Prime Minister Winston Churchill announce the end of the war in Europe. May 8, 1945.

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Britain's Winston Churchill (L), the US' Franklin Roosevelt (C) and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin (R) on the patio of Livadia Palace, Yalta, Crimea in February 1945.

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