Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The Langham London The Langham Hotels Greeted by grinning bellmen dressed in lavish red Italian merino wool jackets and black bowler hats, tiptoe up the steps of London’s famed West End hotel, The Langham . Opened by The Prince of Wales in 1865, it has been a favorite of royals and emperors alike, from Diana the Princess of Wales to Louis Napoléon III – who spent much of his exile from France here . Charles Dickens claimed that The Langham played host to the most expensive hotel meal in London, but for large dinner parties, there was simply nowhere else to go – w hile Sir Arthur Conan Doyle also set several of his Sherlock Holmes books here.
Later in World War II , The Langham served as a local first-aid and military post, but much of the West Wing was destroyed during air attacks by the Luftwaffe . After the war, the BBC bought The Langham, where it broadcast Grand Hotel – a radio show featuring classical music from the Palm Court Orchestra . Now brought into the 21st century, it stands as a symbol of haute travel in London, tucked away on the corner of Portland Place .
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