Winston Churchill refused to pay his tailor’s bills

Refusal to pay the bills of one's tailor was famously almost a point of honor among English gentlemen in past centuries and Winston Churchill was no exception, newly released archives show. Britain's World War Two leader had racked up a bill of 197 pounds by 1937 – around 12,000 pounds ($18,000) at today's prices – with Savile Row tailor Henry Poole and Co before he was finally asked to pay up. Despite the arrears, the tailor had continued to make clothes for Churchill, said James Sherwood, a historian who has examined Poole and Co's archives.

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Winston Churchill refused to pay his tailor’s bills