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and separately, and decorated and furnished in 18th century
English and French styles. Private bath rooms are attached to the suites, and there is also ample general accommodation in this respect, there being altogether about 80 bath rooms. In addition to smoking, reading, dining, reception, and
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British government requisitioned the building in 1942. After the Second World War the shareholders of the hotel sold the lease of the site, and the
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in 1940. The residential parts of the building were permanently closed. In 1942 remaining parts of the building were requisitioned as offices by the
British government, although the American Bar and grill room of the hotel remained open. The hotel never reopened. In 1949 the company sold the
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in 1902 with much-publicised and elaborate festivities when the king suddenly fell ill, and the coronation was postponed indefinitely. The shock caused Ritz to suffer a severe nervous breakdown and sent him into retirement, leaving
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in Paris. The press speculated on how much Carte must have paid to persuade
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in Paris the following year, Ritz agreed to take a 72-year Crown lease of the new hotel in London. A limited company, The
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