In World War II Winston Churchill and George VI met weekly for private luncheons to discuss affairs of state. POWER LUNCHEON imagines " with some licence " three of these meetings, in 1940, 1943, and on D-Day 1944. An exploration of how interpersonal politics might leak onto the stage of world politics and how the course of history can be altered by the emotional needs of the child who has never quite left the nursery.