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Cigar Churchill smoked as he planned D-Day is discovered after being hidden for 66 years

A cigar smoked by Prime Minister Winston Churchill as he planned D-Day has been discovered - after being hidden for more than 60 years.

Christian Williams, 33, was given the artefact when he was just 12 by his grandfather Ronald Williams, a WWII veteran who served as the British premier's butler.

At more than 6in long, the cigar has never been touched by its owner, who keeps it safe in a sturdy wooden box.

It was taken from the historic Casablanca Conference at which Churchill and other Allied leaders declared they would fight until Germany’s unconditional surrender.

Read entire article at Daily Mail (UK)