Kenyan hotel where Britain's Elizabeth became queen reopens

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STORY: :: Kenya's Treetops Hotel, where Britain's Elizabeth became queen,

reopens for the first time since the global health crisis

:: Nyeri, Kenya

:: Princess Elizabeth was visiting the iconic lodge in 1952

when she learned of her father King George VI's death

:: August 23, 2024

:: Wycliffe Mutoro, Treetops Hotel General Manager

"The historical part of the princess being announced here as the queen has brought a good rapport between Britain and Kenya so when you talk about the circuit tourism, Treetops Lodge has brought that circuit tourism in Aberdare region because of the historical part."

The iconic lodge, first opened in 1932 and perched in Aberdare National Park, overlooks a watering hole where buffaloes and elephants gather. It was here that Princess Elizabeth, during a royal tour of Kenya, learned of her father King George VI's death on February 6, 1952, ascending to the throne at the age of 25.

Framed pictures of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip adorn the walls, alongside newspaper headlines commemorating the moment that transformed the young princess into Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history.