Wartime hero Sir Winston Churchill could be replaced by an image of an animal (Image: Getty) Wartime hero Sir Winston Churchill was erased from our nation’s currency after the Bank of England was told he was “elitist and divisive”, it is claimed. The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, a once common nickname for the bank, announced it was phasing out historic titans such as Churchill, Alan Turing and Jane Austen in favour of wildlife because to keep ahead of fraudsters getting better at replicating faces. And the Governor of the Bank of England wrote in the Telegraph this week: “The Bank’s foremost objective is the security of our banknotes, which includes tackling the threat from counterfeiting.” But a Freedom of Information request by the Telegraph has uncovered revealing findings from an October 2025 report commissioned by the bank with the market research consultancy, Savanta. The King has featured on notes since 2024 (Image: Getty) According to the paper, the report found historical figures represented “a backward-looking vision of the UK that carries too great a …