The Latest Breaking News from Winston Churchill

From Brexit to Covid, there were some gleams of light – but the PM’s belief he was above the law did for him in the end, says academic and author Vernon Bogdanor

He’s clearly not in the Churchill or Thatcher first class, and his personal flaws and precipitate fall from power means he’s demoted below the likes of Blair and Wilson in the second division. However, Brexit and his election success put him above May and Cameron, writes Sean O’Grady

The appointment of a prime minister is ‘one of the few remaining personal prerogatives of the Sovereign’.

The monarch will meet the new Conservative Party leader next week.

The region's RAF men helped halt the Nazi invasion across the English Channel during WWII

A staff member noticed the portrait looked different. Now, the hotel is appealing for information

Yousuf Karsh’s portrait The Roaring Lion was found to have been replaced by a fake in Ottawa

An employee at a hotel in Ottawa, Canada, spotted that the frame didn't match those of the other five portraits in the room, which were captured by the same photographer

Known as ‘The Roaring Lion’, photograph was used on the British five-pound note in 2016