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All in good time

OT a great deal of licence would be required to rename the stretch of Knightsbridge that runs from Constitution Hill to Knightsbridge Barracks Hotel Alley. On the Wellington Arch roundabout, we have The Four Seasons, The Peninsula and The Lanesborough; heading west, The Wellesley, The Berkeley, The Park Tower, The Mandarin Oriental and the Bulgari. Apologies if I have missed any.

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