Winston Churchill in Casablanca, 1943

“Hopkins meanwhile, had found Churchill in bed washing down his breakfast with a bottle of white wine. Asked what he meant by this. Churchill replied that he had a ‘profound distaste on the one hand for skimmed milk and no deep-rooted prejudice about wine and that he had reconciled the conflict in favour of the latter.’”

Moral: Being sober is over-rated

Tim Bouverie Allies at War p324

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