and Prime Minister Lloyd George of Britain. Despite the initial hopes for a fair peace, the Treaty of Versailles was marked by harsh terms imposed on Germany, leading to disappointment and unrest.

In the Mansion House speech, Lloyd George warned an expansionist Germany not to interfere with British interests. He asserted that Britain would not stand by and let its power and prestige be ...

Simon Heffer’s books include Sing As We Go: Britain Between the Wars. Rivals in the Storm: How Lloyd George Seized Power, Won the War and Lost his Government is published by Bloomsbury at £25.

and hear the words of Chancellor of the Exchequer Lloyd George on realising the threat had been ignored and the country was at war. Britain feared the ambitions of Kaiser Wilhelm II and German ...

Composer Lord Lloyd Webber has described being made a Knight ... the Garter – the oldest and most senior Order of Chivalry in Britain. The appointment is the King’s personal gift, without ...