Number 10

Underdog

The first Labour government under Ramsay MacDonald.

A Woman of Style

During the First World War, while the Prime Minister David Lloyd George was busy fighting his generals as well as the Germans, his wife Margaret and his mistress Frances Stevenson were fighting their own battle at Number 10.

The Iron Duke

Despite the Duke of Wellington's enormous popularity, he incurred the nation's wrath by appearing to sympathise with the Irish Catholics. His reputation was also damaged by rumours of his friendship with Harriet Arbuthnot.

The Asquiths

Herbert Henry Asquith's premiership and his fight to reduce the power of the House of Lords.

Dizzy

Disraeli, the master diplomat and favourite of Queen Victoria, at the age of seventy-three entertains beautiful and aristocratic sisters at Number 10.