In 1940, Winston Churchill replaced Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister, though personally George would have preferred to appoint Lord Halifax. After the King's initial dismay over Churchill's appointment of Lord Beaverbrook to the Cabinet, he and Churchill developed "the closest personal relationship in modern British history between a monarch and a Prime Minister". Every Tuesday for four and a half years from September 1940, the two men met privately for lunch to discuss the war in secret and with frankness. COUNT 4
QSN1 Who was Winston Churchill's predecessor? ANS1 Neville Chamberlain QSN2 What position did Churchill hold? ANS2 Prime Minister QSN3 What day of the week did Churchill and the King meet? ANS3 Tuesday QSN4 Who did Churchill appoint to Cabinet that the King did not like? ANS4 Lord Beaverbrook