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Fifty years ago Winston Churchill passed into history. He died just after 8am on January 24th 1965 at his home in London. Big Ben fell silent, the lights went off in Piccadilly and the world grieved. But amongst the many tributes that began to pour forth one simple message of mourning summed up the feelings of millions on learning of the death of Churchill. The heartfelt words of the Queen to Churchill's widow are as poignant now as they were on that grey day fifty years ago today.
'The whole world is the poorer by the loss of his many sided genius,' the Queen wrote to Lady Churchill. The message continued 'while the survival of this country and the sister nations of the Commonwealth, in the face of the greatest danger that has ever threatened them, will be a perpetual memory to his leadership, his vision and his indomitable courage.'
Courage was an important word in the relationship between Churchill and the House of Windsor. When the Queen's father, George VI, died in February 1952 Winston Churchill wrote a simple but stirring tribute to the king. The card among his flowers read 'For Valour' – the inscription on the Victoria Cross. Churchill's moving honour for the man who had been king during World War Two was echoed in the words of the Queen when the time came to mourn the war time Prime Minister.