Duchess of Cambridge
1982
Reading, England
British
$385
The Taj Mahal Palace faces Mumbai's Gateway of India with domes, harbour views and more than a century of grand-hotel theatre. Prince William stayed in its heritage wing with Catherine during their 2016 India tour, adding a fourth generation of British royals to the guestbook.
$1,725
The Carlyle wraps Upper East Side discretion in Art Deco rooms, white-glove service and the late-night glow of Bemelmans Bar. Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson stayed in a suite while Wilson was performing at Café Carlyle, turning the hotel into a temporary New York home complete with a famously good-natured encounter with their noise-sensitive neighbour.
$1,041
The Goring is London tradition at its most intimate: family owned, impeccably British and hidden behind a private Belgravia garden. Duchess Kate spent the night before her royal wedding in its grand Royal Suite, forever tying the hotel's quiet polish to a modern fairytale.
