Elizabeth gets over her awe of him to explain that by showing the back of his
hand to the photographers, Churchill's victory sign is a well - known
rude hand gesture made by the English lower classes that perhaps the prime minister was unaware of.
A natural leader, he questions every request
made by Hundert, targets the man as the brunt of practical jokes and uses
rude hand gestures in class to the amusement of his fellow students.