When watching the "Crown" series, Churchill's appearance is the image of a middle-aged and elderly greasy uncle, and it is difficult to imagine that he would be a handsome little brother when he was young. Churchill's genes were good, his father had been the chancellor of the exchequer, and his mother was the daughter of one of the shareholders of The New York Times, but his family did not bring him happiness, only the chaos of his parents' affair.
When the British historical writer Michael Sheldon consulted the Asquis family archives in the Bodleian Library in Oxford, he found a little-known "love triangle" in Churchill's youth, a hidden history that subverted Churchill's tall image, and even the hero had used the sincere and innocent feelings of a young girl for political purposes.
First relationship:
Who in their youth did not experience the moment of throbbing at the beginning of the love sinus, but most of them became memories. Churchill, under his father's arrangement, entered the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst and became a small military journalist after graduation.
In September 1896, Churchill came to India with his army. This time of military experience, let Churchill know what love is. He meets Pamela Hopen, the two are about the same age, churchill is obsessed with Pamela, but the girl's family does not agree. Churchill's father had died at this time, his mother had married someone else, and his profession was just a journalist, what future could he have? Churchill was rejected, and the woman he had a crush on later married to the son of the Viceroy of India.
This experience taught Churchill a lesson, he did not get ahead, he did not even have the opportunity to be with the woman he loved, so he wanted to enter politics. Another incident occurred during this period, he was captured while covering the Anglo-Boer War in South Africa, and as a result, he escaped from prison successfully, and as a result, Churchill became a British "celebrity" for a time. The failure of the relationship made Churchill more rational, and this prison escape incident allowed him to see the opportunity to reverse his fate. In October 1900, Churchill was elected to parliament.
Second romance:
At this time, Churchill was already quite sophisticated, and he would not easily let his emotions control him. At this time, he is very much like a hound with a keen sense of smell, always paying close attention to all opportunities that benefit him, and will take appropriate measures to achieve his goals. Churchill stepped into politics as a Conservative Party, but he fell out with the Prime Minister, was disqualified from membership, and he ran into the opposition camp.
Just when his political future was at a low ebb, Churchill met a girl and directly reversed his political destiny. In April 1907, Churchill met Violet, the future Prime Minister's beloved daughter, who was only 21 years old, the age when she was full of fantasies about love. Churchill is 30 years old, he has experienced all kinds of emotions, and he knows that chasing girls can't sometimes be too active. Churchill's handsome appearance helped him a lot at this time, his appearance, temperament was not bad, and he was a bit dragged, and soon attracted the attention of Violet.
This relationship, to be precise, is really not a relationship, from beginning to end it is a girl's fantasy, is Churchill going to propose to me? The girls even demanded that their father give Churchill a good position. Although Churchill's parents had all kinds of things that could not be seen, but the background was difficult to ignore, in the end, the prime minister at the time still took care of the emotions of his daughter, and he gave Churchill a promising position: the minister of commerce.
Churchill had been seeking to enter the cabinet, so he and Violet were about to leave, only then did another woman enter his life.
The third relationship:
While Violet was still dreaming of a better future with Churchill, Churchill proposed to Clementina. Clementina gave Churchill the feeling that seemed like Pamela was still at his side. Churchill decided to choose Clementina and abandon Violet. At this time, Churchill is no longer the ignorant boy of 10 years ago, he has completed the most basic accumulation of political capital, and he can completely spell out a broader new world on his own.
Violet was infatuated and repeatedly had suicidal thoughts, but fortunately he was rescued in time and survived. Churchill was probably still a little overwhelmed, and after the engagement, he deliberately talked to Violet. Can Churchill be unaware of Violet's feelings for him? Isn't it directly explicit that Churchill was even invited to vacation with his family? However, Churchill is more focused on career, Violet did not give him that emotional sense of belonging, he is quite rational, as long as the political future, as for marriage, he still can't forget his first love.
Clementina's appearance allowed Churchill to regain a certain feeling.
On September 2, 1908, Churchill and Clementina held a grand wedding with more than 1,400 guests, including the king himself. However, there was always a Pamela in their marriage. Churchill had always been in contact with Pamela, and he would be delighted to see Pamela's letters, an emotion that remained until four years before Pamela's death.
Clementina, as a wife, was very angry about this, and even lived in the United States with a male bodyguard for two years. In the eyes of many people, Churchill successfully led the British through a difficult war years. His emotional life is more like a tidbit, how can there be a perfect person in this world?
Churchill had been hurt emotionally, too aware of the pain of the wound, and when he was torn between Violet and Clementina, didn't the original pain give him any warning? Churchill later tried to make the two women friends, how could it be? Who would be so generous to watch a loved one lead someone else into the halls of marriage?
The various "experiences" of reality have made a great prime minister in history, and at the same time, they have also erased his innocence of emotion.
Resources:
[Churchill's "Love Triangle", "British Prime Minister Churchill"]