F*** THE NAZIS, SAYS CHURCHILL'S PARROT By Bill Borrows SHE WAS at Winston Churchill's side during Britain's darkest hour. And now Charlie the parrot is 104 years old...and still cursing the Nazis.
Her favourite sayings were "F*** Hitler" and "F*** the Nazis". And even today, 39 years after the great man's death, she can still be coaxed into repeating them with that unmistakable Churchillian inflection.
Many an admiral or peer of the realm was shocked by the tirade from the bird's cage during crisis meetings with the PM.
But it always brought a smile to the war leader's face.
Churchill bought Charlie - giving him a boy's name despite the fact she was female - in 1937.
He immediately began to teach her to swear - particularly in company - and she is keeping up the tradition today.
Charlie's story is in this month's Jack Magazine, on sale Thursday
Well men pat each other on the back for this. But God ain't pleased
All that doesn't change my opinion.