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June 14, 2011
‘Churchill’s Girl’ – The fascinating biography of Pamela Churchill Harriman, the 20th century’s greatest courtesan. Pamela Churchill Harriman was Winston Churchill’s daughter-in-law and confidante, and with his knowledge conducted a series of affairs in wartime London, picking up the pillow talk of diplomats and generals.
‘Churchill’s Girl’ includes interviews with key people in her life, including: her son, brother, son-in-law and stepdaughter, Peter Duchin and Brooke Hayward Duchin and the granddaughter of her husband Averell Harriman, Alida Morgan.
The programme is interspersed with archival footage o her wedding to Randolph Churchill, travels with Winston, campaigning with Bill Clinton, as ambassadress to France, and of her state funeral in Washington’s National Cathedral.
Pamela was Winston Churchill’s daughter-in-law and confidante, and with his knowledge conducted a series of affairs in wartime London, picking up the pillow talk of diplomats and generals. She would be the lover of the rich and famous on two continents, including billionaire Prince Aly Salmone Kahn, Gianni Agnelli, heir to the Fiat fortune, and Baron Elie de Rothchild.
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