The Dutch Hotel's Jubilee Elephant.

Hello, this is Jana, and I'm here with a very special episode.

This week, we are celebrating Her Majesty the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

We have listeners all over the world, and wherever you are,

you may have heard that Queen Elizabeth II has been on the throne of our

little country for 70 years. And of course, she's Queen of the Commonwealth of 54 member states.

And to all our future listeners, I ought to mention that we are recording this episode at the start

of June 2022.

This story is in our series, The Dutch Hotel, about a family who take over a haunted hotel.

But don't worry, it isn't too creepy. The ghosts are friendly, and they know quite a bit of history.

After the story, we'll give you some news from this week's wonderful sponsor, Wondery, and their podcast, Little Stories Everywhere.

And then our writer Bertie will be here to explain the true history that our story is based on.

So, get ready to join the Jubilee Party at the Dutch Hotel in London was packed for the Queen's Jubilee weekend.

Plenty of important people, including princes and princesses,

some of whom were genuine royalty, came to London for the festivities.

Prince Rudolf of Russia had booked an entire floor of the Dutch hotel for himself,

his family, and all his servants.

At the last moment there was a hiccup with his visa due to

unfortunate world events, so he had to cancel. The entire hotel went into a panic until his cousin,

Prince Leon of Saxe-Coburg booked the floor in his place. The two men looked exactly

alike, just as if they were twins,

so nobody could tell the difference anyway. The kitchen was busy cooking Russian pancakes called

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