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Queen E Checks Out Hotel Renovation, World Summit In Uganda

Where: Kintu Road, Kampala, Uganda

This past weekend, Queen Elizabeth II stayed at the Kampala Serena Hotel in Uganda during her three-day visit for the Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting.

Why did Lilibet herself select the hotel? Perhaps she was curious to see the results of the 18-month renovation project and redesign by architect Jon Cavanagh. The former Nile Hotel reopened in November 2006. The exterior of the 65-room hotel now resembles the landscape of the country, minus the impoverished people. A new manmade waterfall spills into a stone pool, surrounded by miniature lakes and 17 acres of indigenous vegetation, birds, and butterflies.

Most likely, the Queen chose the hotel because it is connected to the conference center that hosted the summit. She is joined by over 5,000 other guests to the event, from 53 countries, only the most elite of whom joined her as a guest at the Serena -- including her husband Philip, son Charles, and daughter-in-law Camilla.

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· British Royals In Uganda [Times UK]
· Queen To Stay At Serena [Uganda News]
· Hotels In Uganda [HotelChatter]