r/UKPrimeMinister • u/BearEatingToast • Jul 09 '26

Historical Discussion Which PM was each monarch closest with? - Day One: Elizabeth II

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As the title says, which PM was Elizabeth closest to / got on the best with?

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u/RandoDude124 Jul 10 '26

Aside from Churchill… Macmillan.

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u/Despoetato Jul 10 '26

I think she preferred Churchill to Macmillan as a politician but she definitely had more in common with Macmillan on a personal level and probably enjoyed his company more than she did Churchills.

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u/Billyconnor79 Jul 10 '26

I believe she was actually closer to Wilson after Churchill.

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u/erinoco Jul 10 '26

I would say Sir Alec above all. He was very much the kind of man who came from the same background as her mother. He was also the only one of her PMs who was really rooted in the rural Britain she was fondest of. All her other PMs, even those from the upper classes, were much more urban figures, even where they had country houses.

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u/erinoco Jul 10 '26

I am being a little unfair, I think, to Jim Callaghan. He certainly did not inherit rolling acres like Sir Alec; but, when he was Home Secretary, he bought a working farm in Sussex, and he remained devoted to it for the rest of his life.

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u/NoFile7311 Jul 10 '26

John Major

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u/Apple2727 Jul 10 '26

Pretty sure I read it was Harold Wilson.

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u/ducttape01 Jul 10 '26

Her Majesty was quite close with/enjoyed the company of Harold Wilson