The Connaught’s Mughal-inspired King’s Lodge is intricate, spectacular, and enlessly romantic. Rosie Paterson went to take a look.
Sir Alec Guinness (The Lavender Hill Mob, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, and yes, Obi Wan Kenobi in Star Wars) was so fond of The Connaught that the hotel ensured a suite was always at his disposal. From the 1970s until his death in 2000, the actor could often be found holding court in the hotel’s Grill restaurant.
If he were…
