![]() ![]() That first morning, surrounded by local children, he sat quietly staring out at the lake and painting. The party stayed as Alexander’s guests at Villa Le Rose, in the tiny village of Moltrasio, a home Churchill described as a “small palace …the last word in modern millionairism.” As summer waned, he flew to Italy with his entourage-his wife, daughter, physician, valet, secretary, and detective-in a Dakota belonging to Field Marshal Harold Alexander, the first Earl Alexander of Tunis. Shortly after losing his prime-ministership in the July 1945 elections, Winston Churchill, stunned by the defeat and feeling a strain in his home life, left for an extended painting holiday on the shores of Lake Como. ![]() Right, George Clooney, who owns a villa on Lake Como, enjoying a stroll in the lakeside town of Argegno., Photographs by Giacomo Bretzel (left) and Annie Leibovitz (right). Star Wars: Episode II-Attack of the Clones and Casino Royale were both shot here. SOME ENCHANTED SHORE Villa del Balbianello, on Lake Como. ![]()
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