Churchill’s reading glasses fetch £6,000 at auction

Reading glasses worn by Sir Winston Churchill have sold at auction for £6,000 (€6,800) - more than three times the amount expected.

Reading glasses worn by Sir Winston Churchill have sold at auction for £6,000 (€6,800) - more than three times the amount expected.

The tortoiseshell spectacles, which were made for the wartime prime minister by opticians CW Dixey & Sons, had been anticipated to fetch up to £2,000 (€2,270).