A visit to the Churchill War Rooms courtesy of Realm & Empire

I was recently invited to the Churchill War Rooms in Whitehall, London by Realm & Empire, whose menswear borrows heavily from the military archives of the Imperial War Museum, which runs the Churchill War Rooms.

Churchill's bedroom in which he would dictate and conduct meetings

During the Second World War some of the cellars and basements under Whitehall, in the centre of London, were reinforced with concrete and large steel frames to provide safe, bomb-proofed office space for the Cabinet, politicians, civil servants and military working to win the war against Germany and its allies.

I'm wearing a Realm & Empire Montgomery casual blazer in stone

We were given a fascinating private tour of the War Rooms, seeing the map room where vital information was collated about the progress of the war. Memorabilia of Churchill himself include his cigars, the chair he sat in and many of the artefacts he would have used and seen daily.

Colourful telephones in the map room

For more information about the Imperial War Museum click here, click here. To see Realm & Empire's range of clothing, click here.

I was a guest of Realm & Empire and IWM. I was not compensated for this post.