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Did you know...

…that the Ritz Hotel in Piccadilly was the first British hotel with a private bathroom to each room?

The Savoy Hotel

The Savoy Hotel

…that the forecourt of the Savoy Hotel, Savoy Court (pictured), is the only street in the United Kingdom where vehicles are required to drive on the right?

…that the Mayfair hotel Claridge's has been called an "extension to Buckingham Palace" due to its royal connections?

…that the Langham Hotel appears in two Sherlock Holmes stories and that The Goon Show broadcasts were recorded in its ballroom?

…that Winston Churchill had a wall built for privacy between his balcony at the Dorchester Hotel and that of the room next door, which survives to this day?

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