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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?
- …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?