Sir Winston Churchill’s niece and the widow of former Prime Minister Anthony Eden has died at the age of 101.
Clarissa Eden, the Countess of Avon, passed away on Monday, more than four decades after the death of her husband.
Born Anne Clarissa Churchill on June 28, 1920, she was always known as Clarissa, and was the only daughter of Major John Strange Churchill, the younger brother of Winston, and Lady Gwendoline Bertie, daughter of the Earl of Abingdon.
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