 In the 1945 British general election , Churchill 's Conservative party was soundly defeated by the Labour party of Clement Attlee . Elizabeth 's political views were rarely disclosed , but a letter she wrote in 1947 described Attlee 's " high hopes of a socialist heaven on earth " as fading and presumably describes those who voted for him as " poor people , so many half @-@ educated and bemused . I do love them . " Woodrow Wyatt thought her " much more pro @-@ Conservative " than other members of the royal family , but she later told him , " I like the dear old Labour Party . " She also told the Duchess of Grafton , " I love communists " . After six years in office , Attlee was defeated in the 1951 British general election and Churchill returned to power . 
