Where The Real Celebrities Stay in London
The unassuming Gore Hotel in Kensington isn’t the first place you’d associate with celebs in London. In fact, reading the tabloids, we sometimes forget that it’s legal to stay anywhere than the May Fair or the Dorchester if you’re pappable.
Last night, though, the Gore taught us the error of our ways with its celeb haul. After the Children in Need charity concert at the Royal Albert Hall (performers included Take That, Robbie Williams, Lily Allen, Leona Lewis and – gasp – Paul McCartney singing Hey Jude), the party moved on to the Gore – conveniently a couple of blocks away. Or, when we say "the party" we mean at least Take That and Katherine Jenkins. Leona and Lily were staying at the hotel, too, but we're not sure whether they joined in the fun. Knowing Leona, she probably went straight to bed.
And now we look into it, it seems that Liam Gallagher and Ricky Hatton were there a couple of weeks ago, and the bar was the setting for the Rolling Stones’ 1968 movie Beggars Banquet. Macca and Annie Lennox are regular guests, even. How very rock n' roll.
We had a peek round the place last year when a friend was staying there, and although the bedroom was a little bit simple for our liking, we were thoroughly taken by the bar. It even has a VIP area for four people called Cinderella’s carriage - basically two be-cushioned thrones on a platform curtained off from the rest of the bar. Now we would give good money to know which of the popstrels got first dibs on that one last night.
[Photo: AlwaysParis/TripAdvisor]
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