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"Fortress‑like and set in downtown Victoria, this grand hotel has hosted generations of British royals—from Edward, Prince of Wales waltzing in the Crystal Ballroom in 1919 and King George VI and the Queen Mother in 1939, to Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in 2002, Charles and Camilla in 2009, and William and Kate with Prince George and Princess Charlotte in 2016—cementing its status as a storied stop on royal tours." - Boutayna Chokrane, Andrea Bartz