Churchill's private secretary John Colville, wrote in his diary that the next few days were painful. Churchill "began to form a cold hatred of Eden," Colville wrote, according to Churchill biographer Sir Martin Gilbert.
However, three weeks later, on April 5, 1955, Churchill kept his word -- and resigned without waiting for the summit.
Eden, who had worked alongside Churchill for 16 years, paid tribute to the prime minister on behalf of the Cabinet, thanking him for the example he set.
"If we do less well, [it is] because we have failed to learn," he said.
"This alas, was the end of the Churchill Era,'' Brook wrote.
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