She was the "Alice" in his father's poem "Buckingham Palace" and Christopher Robin dedicated his memoirs to her, where he described her as "Alice to millions, but Nou to me". His nanny, Olive Brockwell, was his main carer during his first 10 years and he was very close to her. He was born 100 years ago on August 21st in Chelsea and was an only child. The film-review site Rotten Tomatoes said of the film that it "offers valuable insight into the darkness shadowing the creation of a classic children's tale".Ĭhristopher Milne’s childhood seems on the face of it to have been idyllic but the fame brought by his father’s books and poetry served to indeed darken his life and his relationship with his parents. AA Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh books and poems, based on Christopher Robin's childhood and the toys he played with, have enchanted generations of children. The 2017 film Goodbye Christopher Robin tells the life story (or some of it, at least) of Christopher Robin Milne, son of writer AA Milne and his wife Daphne.
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