Winston Churchill called imperialist by Cathedral that hosted funeral
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Former British Prime Winston Churchill is labeled an imperialist white supremacist by the cathedral wherein his funeral procession was carried out.
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In this June 29, 1954 file photo, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives at the White House in Washington (AP)
The St Paul's Cathedral in London, the venue that held former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's state funeral in 1965, labels the UK's former premier as "an unashamed imperialist and white supremacist," on its official website.
Churchill was "a figure of controversy, as he was an unashamed imperialist and white supremacist," the description read.
The description caught the eye of Churchill's kin, with his family criticizing the Cathedral over the label.
Churchill's grandson, Nicholas Soames, was quoted as saying by the Daily Mail that the family was upset by the "deeply offensive, thoughtless, stupid and ignorant" comments.
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According to the British daily, the description appeared on the website over a year ago and was updated last week after a member of St. Paul's congregation wrote to the cathedral saying the wording used in Churchill's profile was "condemnatory to the extent that it demonizes Churchill."
Churchill is now described on the website as "a figure of controversy, especially when viewed from a modern perspective."
An academic study published in the World Development Journal found that British colonialism caused the notorious Bengal famine in 1943, where an estimated 3 million Indians starved to death, while the British government exported food and banned grain imports.
"The 1943 Bengal famine was not a result of natural causes; it was the product of the policies of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill," the study read.
Indian politician Shashi Tharoor, who served as an under-secretary-general of the United Nations, has thoroughly documented the British empire's crimes, particularly under Churchill.
"Churchill has as much blood on his hands as Hitler does," Tharoor stressed. He pointed to "the decisions that he [Churchill] personally signed off during the Bengal famine, when 4.3 million people died because of the decisions he took or endorsed."
