Following in the footsteps of two former prime ministers, the Mayor of High Wycombe will become only the third person to address the town from a platform holding the famous red lion statue in the High Street, this weekend.

In the 19th century, Benjamin Disraeli addressed residents from the balcony of the Red Lion Hotel, now home to Iceland and Poundworld, while Sir Winston Churchill also spoke to people in the town from the platform at the conclusion of World War II.

And, on Saturday after speaking to market traders in the High Street, Wycombe District Councillor Khalil Ahmed, will climb to the top and address the public.

The first man to stand at the top was Benjamin Disraeli.

He lived in Hughenden Manor from 1848 when was already an established novelist and ambitious politician at the time.

His first attempt to enter parliament was on June 13, 1832 as a Radical, representing High Wycombe.

And, his first public speech was from the balcony of the Red Lion Hotel in High Wycombe.

He reportedly said: "I care not for party…..I stand here without party…..Englishmen, rid yourselves of all that political jargon, and factious slang of Whig and Tory - two names with one meaning, used only to delude you - and unite in forming one great National Party which can alone save the country from impending destruction."

In 1945, Sir Winston Churchill became the second person to reach the heights outside the hotel, with thousands of people believed to have lined the streets, and climb lampposts, to see and hear his post-war address.

Cllr Ahmed said he is likely to make his speech from 11am.

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