The Goring

London, United Kingdom. Located in Victoria, just east of Belgravia and southwest of Buckingham Palace.

The GoringLondon, United Kingdom

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Practical information

69 rooms and suites in London’s only historic luxury hotel still owned and run by its founding family.
The Dining Room holds a Michelin star; afternoon tea is served on The Veranda, and there is a cocktail bar.
A rare private garden, “a little slice of the countryside” in central London.
Located in Victoria, just east of Belgravia and southwest of Buckingham Palace.

8 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

2 March 1910
Otto Richard Goring opens the hotel, billed as the first in the world with a private bathroom and central heating in every room.
1914
The hotel serves as command centre for the Chief of Allied Forces; contact with President Woodrow Wilson is made from here.
November 1917
The Goring becomes the US Army headquarters in London.
8 September 1919
The hotel is returned to its owners; the same year, Lady Randolph Churchill, Winston Churchill’s mother, moves in.
1944
A Fox Film crew stays at the hotel on its way to film the D-Day landings of June 1944.
2011
Catherine Middleton and her family stay at the hotel around her wedding to Prince William; she spends the eve of the ceremony in the Royal Suite.
2013
Queen Elizabeth II grants The Goring a royal warrant, the only hotel ever to receive this honour from her.
March 2015
The Duchess of Cambridge returns to mark the completion of renovations, including a newly decorated front hall.