Video subtitles: Inside Luxury Travel - The Ritz Hotel London
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next up the legendary London hotel the
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Ritz
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which has dominated Piccadilly uns and
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chairs for over a century
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the hotel was opened on the 24th of May
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1906 by Cesare Ritz the ruling monarch
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edward ii described caesar who had built
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the Ritz in Paris nine years earlier as
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Hotel EUR two Kings the king of
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hoteliers built in a French chateau
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style with Belle Epoque features it was
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a first large building in London with a
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steel structure over the years the hotel
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has attracted all the rich and famous
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monarchy and also minnows from around
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the world either to stay or to marvel at
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one of the most famous sites in London
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if not England this is one of the most
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dramatic rooms in the hotel and is named
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after the French Queen Marie Antoinette
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in fact the furnishings and the decor
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have come from the Palace of Versailles
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now this room is now used for just
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cocktail parties but during the Second
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World War
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President Eisenhower President Charles
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de Gaulle and Sir Winston Churchill met
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here to discuss war tactics this
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exploring and talking is making me
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hungry
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when people ask me what is the single
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must do activity on any luxury trip to
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London I always say tea at the Ritz set
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in the palatial surroundings of the Palm
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Court you get this fantastic setting
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with cakes gone sandwiches and of course
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tea it's so popular that to get a table
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you have to book four weeks in advance
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there's a strict dress code though for
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men you have to wear the jacket and tie
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there are 136 rooms and suites in the
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hotel
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well this is the Royal Suite here at the
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Ritz Hotel undoubtedly the grandest and
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most extraordinary suite in the whole of
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London the hotel is over a hundred years
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old and while I SWAT up on my history
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I'll let you have a look around
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the Royal Suite in William Penn's house
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is just amazing set over two floors it
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features a huge mahogany rich dining
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room that can seat your 10 favorite
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people the lounge is sumptuously
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furnished privacy and luxury set over
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1,700 square feet
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