World War II, was produced and supported by three incredible women, his wife Clementine, his nanny Mrs. Everest, and his mother Jennie Jerome of Brooklyn, New York. Wasn't she a knockout?
If you watch Downton Abbey you're probably aware of the Dollar Princesses, the American heiresses who crossed the Atlantic to marry into the British nobility. Consuelo Vanderbilt was probably the most famous, because she snagged the biggest fish, the Duke of Marlborough.
The English were broke, but had castles and cool aristocratic titles, and the Americans were filthy rich social climbers - it was a match made in elite heaven.
Even the late Diana, Princess of Wales counts one in her gene pool.
In any case, Jennie Jerome snagged Lord Randolph Churchill. Maybe we can thank her for familiarizing Winston with American ways, thus empowering him to forge a vital alliance between Great Britain and the United States.
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