Fit for a Queen
There are so many town-houses and country estates associated with the Goslings & Smiths… sometimes it is overwhelming. (Thankfully, many still exist.)
So, over the weekend, looking up information about the SMITH-BURGES branch of the family (Joshua Smith’s brother John married Margaret Burges and adopted her name), imagine my surprised to learn the following about their Piccadilly residence: as a child, and before her father became king, Queen Elizabeth II lived at 145 Piccadilly, the former residence of the Smith-Burgeses!
Unfortunately, the building was bombed during World War II; the site now houses the Intercontinental Hotel.
Here is the only photo I was able to find:
it shows Elizabeth (c1930) in a landau parked in front of No.145 Piccadilly (from BBC website).
Two Teens in the Time of Austen 
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July 24, 2013 at 9:55 am
[…] 23d The Duke of Clarence dined with us – and in the Evening H: R H: went with us to Picadilly – as he was to give her Lady Burges […]
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