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☆ Historic war office used by Winston Churchill is transformed into luxury Raffles London hotel
  + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +6 min
But in a few weeks time, the former Old War Office in London, Whitehall will finally open its doors after a multi-million-dollar transformation. Previously home to the operations of military leaders like Winston Churchill, the property has been reinvented as the UK’s first Raffles hotel, with luxurious rooms starting at £1,100 (around $1,392) per night. Monumental buildingA rendering of luxury hotel Raffles London at The OWO, located at the former home to the war offices of military leaders such as Winston Churchill. And according to Jill O’Hare, director of sales and marketing for Raffles London, there was as much restoration as there was construction during the extensive process of transforming the historic building into a luxury hotel. Steeped in historyThis grand staircase is one of the standout features at Raffles London at The OWO, which is scheduled to open in late September.
Persons: London CNN — It’s, Winston Churchill, London’s, Thierry Despont, Ian Fleming, James Bond, Armenian hoteliers, Sir Stamford Raffles, ” Philippe Leboeuf, Jill O’Hare, ”, Churchill, Granville, Christine Granville, Krystyna Skarbek, Raffles, “, Mauro Colagreco, Endo Kazutoshi, Leboeuf Organizations: London CNN, Raffles, British Naval Intelligence, CNN Travel, Raffles London, Army, Horse Locations: London, Whitehall, Raffles London, French, Armenian, Singapore, Polish, Argentine, Mayfair, Buckingham
☆ Fact Check-Nazi symbols in Warsaw were part of movie set for World War Two film
  + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Social media users are sharing images of Warsaw, Poland decorated with Nazi flags and swastikas, but the images are missing context. The images show the headquarters of the Polish Academy of Sciences, whose representatives told Reuters that the building and its immediate surroundings were turned into a movie set for a World War Two production. Photos of the Staszic Palace can be found on Google Maps (www.shorturl.at/nvMOU), showing a building that matches the one circulating on social media. More information on Skarbek, known as Christine Granville in England, and her work for the British Special Operations Executive during World War Two can be found (here). Nazi symbols in Warsaw were part of a movie set for a film about World War Two.
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