The Royal George Hotel (also known as The Royal George) is a

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and restaurant in

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, Scotland. It is a Category B

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dating to 1773.''Perth: The Postcard Collection'', Jack Gillon (2020) GEORGE STREET 47-51 (E SIDE) ROYAL GEORGE HOTEL (ODD NUMBERS)
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Its main entrance is on George Street, though its

Tay Street Tay Street is a street, part of the A989, in the Scottish city of Perth, Perth and Kinross. Planned in 1806 and completed around 1885, it is named for the River Tay, Scotland's longest river, on the western banks of which it sits. The street ru ...

frontage, overlooking the

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, is more well known. It is named for

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. It adjoins a reputed section of Perth City Walls. Notable visitors to the hotel include

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and

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, her husband,

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, and their children, who stayed there on 29 September 1848,''The Tourist's Hand-book to Perth and Neighbourhood'' (1849), p. 39 during their journey south after holidaying at

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.''The History of Perth: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time'',

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(1849), p. 483Royal George Royalty
– The Royal George Hotel (

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, was out of town and, thus, they were unable to stay at

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, just under two miles to the north.) It was Victoria's first time staying in a hotel. After breakfast at the hotel the following morning, the family left for

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on the recently built

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. Then named The George Inn, the business was renamed The Royal George Hotel in her honour. (The street adjacent to the property on its southern side is named George Inn Lane.) Both the Royal Warrant and two lamps from the room the monarch slept in are still in the hotel today. Queen Victoria returned to Perth in 1864 to unveil a statue of her husband, who died three years earlier, at the

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. Local architect

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, undertook some reconstruction work on the hotel in 1927.

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, dined at the hotel in 2003. The hotel has 45 rooms. The hotel regularly host events for

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and

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, the launch of the

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Holyrood Manifesto in 2011, and the

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Scottish Party Conference in 2024.

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File:Royal George Hotel 2024 2.jpg, The hotel's Tay Street frontage (2024) File:Old city wall, Perth, Scotland.jpg, George Inn Lane, beside the hotel, features the last remaining portion of Perth's city walls

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*{{official, https://theroyalgeorgehotel.co.uk/
Main entrance on George Street
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, March 2019
View from Tay Street
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, March 2019 Listed buildings in Perth, Scotland Hotel buildings completed in 1773 Listed hotels in Scotland Category B listed buildings in Perth and Kinross 1773 establishments in Scotland Hotels in Perth and Kinross

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