Aangirfan: CHIPS CHANNON. HEATWAVE

'Chips Channon hated Churchill (‘fat, wicked old Winston - the greatest opportunist and political adventurer alive’), felt the Queen Mother was ‘treacherous, unambitious and oh so snobbish’, and fancied Prince Philip, ‘the best-looking boy I’ve ever seen’.'

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Think it's hot now? How Britain roasted in TEN-WEEK heatwave during summer of '76: Temperatures hit 36C, criminal trials came to a halt, towns were plagued by swarms of insects and water was rationed as country faced worst drought in 250 years

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