Queen Victoria


How did Britain’s elite live in the capital once their great London houses had become either uneconomic to run or had been sold off to pay off debts and estate taxes? They would find comfort and a home away from home in a cluster of distinctly upper crust hotels that catered to their every whim. Put yourselves, just for a whimsical moment, into the shoes of […]

Living in London luxury


Vaguely Interesting Snippets | 28 December 2012  Home Secretaries were historically required to be present at royal births. Fortunately for Theresa May and the Duchess of Cambridge, the tradition was abandoned in 1948. Queen Victoria enjoyed Lewis Carroll’s Alice In Wonderland so much that she suggested he dedicate his next book to her. Lewis Carroll was, of course, a pen name for a distinguished Cambridge mathematician […]