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"Everything was terrific. Staffing delightful."
Mr. & Mrs. S
Rhode Island
"Absolutely marvellous.Beautiful
service and scenery. Food exceptional."
Mr.& Mrs. C
Cleethorpes
"A really wonderful hotel
with lovely staff. If only all places were this good!"
Mr. C
Ealing
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Henrietta
Anne, Duchess of Orleans, was the youngest daughter of
Charles I of Great Britain and sister of Charles II. She
was born in Exeter in 1644, during the height of the Civil
War, and had to flee to France with her mother, Henrietta
Maria, where she was brought up. It was there that she
married Phillipe, the bisexual brother of King Louis XIV
of France, who was known simply as Monsieur. From that
time on she was addressed as Madame de France or just
'Madame', and was probably the mistress of the French
king. Although of a sickly nature, she was ravishingly
pretty and throughout most of her short life was very
close to her brother Charles II, who called her Minette.
In 1670 she helped him to arrange the secret Treaty of
Dover with Louis XIV, wherein Charles agreed to join the
Catholic faith. Henrietta died suddenly on 30 June 1670
of acute peritonitis caused by a perforated duodenal ulcer,
although it was rumoured at the time that she had been
poisoned. She was only 26 years old. She had two daughters;
the eldest, Anne-Marie, married a Duke of Savoy and from
that union has descended the present Hapsburg claimant
to the English throne. However, the claim cannot be met
for a Catholic is prohibited by Act of Parliament from
occupying the throne of Great Britain.
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All
rooms and suites are different, with each one designed
and furnished to create a warm and welcoming atmosphere
for business and leisure travellers alike. Every room
has an en-suite bathroom with Shower , colour television,
video player, mini hi-fi system (excluding singles), bathrobe, refrigerator,
direct dial telephone and wall safe - not to mention fresh flowers, bowls of fruit and your
own decanter filled with our complimentary tipple.
Most suites have king-sized beds.
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