(Image: Imperial War Museums)Her story features in Hollywood’s latest biopic Darkest Hour, ­with Gary Oldman’s performance as the PM securing him a Golden Globe. In her autobiography, ­Recollections of The Great Man, Elizabeth remembers Churchill’s “prodigious capacity for work” – which was also expected from all those around him. She served and led at the same time and that’s what she did in the war rooms. I can’t believe what she achieved.”After the war, Elizabeth married labourer ­Francois Nel and moved to South Africa where she lived as a housewife. She said: “There was this army of women down in those war rooms dedicating their lives.

Source: Daily Mirror January 14, 2018 22:52 UTC