Churchill hat and letters worth €12k
EX-PM’S titfer SIR Winston Churchill’s top hat is part of a collection of items found at a dump which have been valued at €12,000.
The hat, a cigar case and 200 letters were due to appear on Antiques Roadshow last night.
They were taken to the BBC show by David Rose who discovered them at the tip where he works.
The letters were written by the wartime Prime Minister’s cook to her son and detail the daily goingson of Mr Churchill.
Mr Rose, who took the collection to Eltham Palace in Greenwich for the show, said: “She used to write about how he was feeling and just interesting stuff about him.”
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