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Electronic_Class4530 t1_itdbd3n wrote

Reply to comment by Lotsofnots in TIL about the famous American novelist Winston Churchill who was the reason why the British prime minister referred to himself as Winston Spencer Churchill. They met on occasion, but gradually Spencer Churchill’s rise to power steamrolled the American into obscurity. by OneLastConquest

The British Prime Minister was half American. His father needed money and his mother's family wanted higher social standing through his father's name.

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ymcameron t1_itdbriu wrote

When he visited the US and addressed Congress he famously said that if it had been the other way around, his father being American and his mom British, then he wouldn’t be doing an introduction and they already would have know him well. Basically saying if he was American he’d already be running the place.

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SigherPunk t1_itl6psv wrote

Wait isn't that Downton Abbey

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Electronic_Class4530 t1_ito8ri5 wrote

I haven't seen all of the episodes so I don't know. But I wouldn't be surprised if there was a story line in there about a wealthy American heiress and a poor British aristocrat being set up together lol

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