The Latest Breaking News from Winston Churchill

Aristocrat, 70, gives address as Blenheim Palace and indicates he will plead not guilty to three charges of intentional strangulation

Charles James Spencer-Churchill appeared in the dock at High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court on Monday.

Aristocrat Charles James Spencer-Churchill, a relative of Sir Winston Churchill and Diana, Princess of Wales, was due in court on Thursday

The duke, a relative of Sir Winston Churchill and Princess Diana, is due to appear in court on Thursday

The Duke of Marlborough, Jamie Spencer-Churchill, is due to appear at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on Thursday

Claims that democracy is in crisis are certainly not new, but recent history has given the claim a new urgency. Over the past decade or so, there has been no shortage of people expressing concern that democratic institutions are under strain.

Winston Churchill has just arrived in New York City. It is October 6 1929. Travelling with several members of his family, the British statesman checks into the Plaza Hotel, synonymous with wealth and celebrity – and certainly not cheap. But that’s no concern for Churchill: the cost of his stay…

Le Bal des Débutantes 2025 brought together royalty, Hollywood offspring, and fashion heirs at Paris's Shangri-La Hotel, featuring debutantes from the Spencer-Churchill, Orléans-Bourbon, and Herrera families.

A new biography presents Franklin Roosevelt as one of the greatest scoundrels of American political history.