Churchill’s teeth for sale

A PARTIAL set of wartime prime minister Winston Churchill’s gold-mounted dentures, specially designed to disguise his natural lisp, go up for sale next week.

The partial dentures, which Keys Auctioneers in London have catalogued with an estimated value of £4,000-£5,000 (€4,600- €5,800), are being sold by the son of the technician who was commissioned to make them.

A duplicate is on show at the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, and a third set was buried with Churchill in 1965.