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Iconic Winston Churchill photo vanishes from Canada hotel

BBC News

By Bernd Debusmann Jr

August 23, 2022

A famous photograph of Winston Churchill snapped in 1941 has gone missing from an Ottawa hotel and replaced with a fake.

The photo – known as “the Roaring Lion” – was taken by Yousuf Karsh shortly after Churchill gave a wartime speech to Canada’s parliament.

A staff member at the Château Laurier hotel first noticed the photograph had been replaced on 19 August.

Police are investigating the incident.

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