The Goring Hotel is a 5-star

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at 15 Beeston Place in the Victoria area of

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, England. It is located just east of

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, and to the southwest of

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. The hotel's restaurant, The Dining Room, holds one

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History

The Goring Hotel was opened by Otto Richard Goring on 2 March 1910 and professed to be the first hotel in the world in which every room had a private bathroom and central heating. In 1914, The Goring became the command centre for the Chief of Allied Forces, and contact with

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during

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was made from this hotel. In November 1917 it became the U.S. Army Headquarters in London, as it was adjacent to the American Naval and Military authorities. The hotel was released back to its owners on 8 September 1919. In 1919,

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, the mother of

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, moved into The Goring Hotel. During

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, the

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crew stayed at the hotel on their way to film footage of the D-Day invasion. The hotel is the only remaining hotel in London that is still owned and run by the family that built it.

The Queen Mother Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 to 6 February 1952 as the wife of King George VI. She was also ...

was a regular at The Goring. The Goring has held a royal warrant of appointment from Queen Elizabeth II since 2013, and it is the only hotel to have been granted this honour. In 2011, Catherine Middleton and her family were based at the hotel for the days around her

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. The Duchess stayed in the ''Royal Suite'' the night before she got married. She returned to the hotel while eight months pregnant to mark renovations that had taken place, which included a newly decorated front hall.

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