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The Royal Queens of Hammersmith

Posted by Guy Fairbank on 22nd January 2022 in Blogging | hammersmith,georgians,royal history,royalty,catharine of braganza,caroline of brunswick,george iv,charles ii,queen charlotte maternity hospital,helen mirren,Latimer prep school,st peter's hammersmith
As we celebrate The Queen’s 70 years on the throne I’ve had a look at other royal connections to my nearby borough of Hammersmith.  As you emerge from Stamford Brook Underground station, to the left once stood the Queen Charlotte Maternity Hospital, named after the consort of George III, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818). It’s now in East Acton but when it was in W6, in 1945 Helen Mirren was born there. Appropriately she played Queen Charlotte in the film The Madness of King George. Further east, on the site of the present-day Latimer Prep School once stood Rivercourt House. For 4 years, between 1687 and 1691, it was the home of...
 
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