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7th October 2025

The final piece of the jigsaw for The Queens Hotel Portsmouth

Ambitious plans that would signal the full restoration of one of Portsmouth’s most glamorous and beloved hotels have been lodged with city council planners. A...

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7th October 2025

Our silver teaspoon story goes around the world

Our lovely story about a “borrowed” silver teaspoon  has quite literally gone around the world. It was picked up by the BBC, ABC, New Statesman...

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13th June 2025

Eat the Island goes from strength to strength

Eat the Island is an annual gathering of  local food and drink producers with hospitality providers from Portsmouth and beyond. Here at the Queens Hotel...

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17th March 2025

FreeSpirit Charity Launch

Last week we were delighted to host The FreeSpirit Charity Launch here at The Queens Hotel, where FreeSpirit launched their pioneering project to deliver a...

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13th June 2024

D-Day 80 – a world-class commemoration in the #heartofsouthsea

What a proud day it was for Portsmouth and the country as a whole as we marked D-Day 80 with two stunning ceremonies and a...

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31st August 2023

Accidentally Wes Anderson

Here at the Queens, we love the colourful world film director, Wes Anderson has created and we were beyond overjoyed to discover we are part...

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26th June 2023

Everybody’s Pride and Joy

We love this legacy art project from this year’s Portsmouth Pride and wanted to share a bit more information about the eye catching magenta coloured hoardings....

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19th June 2023

Going for the chop for the Little Princess Trust

Our wonderful event coordinator, Irene Garcia, has recently gone for the chop and has donated her hair to the Little Princess Trust. The Little Princess...

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19th April 2023

Queens Hotel offers Portsmouth and Southsea Colouring Book

We are delighted to work with talented typographer and designer Sarah Fisher, who created The Portsmouth & Southsea Colouring Book. The moment we saw the...

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28th February 2023

Iconic Socialite Stephen Tennant at the Queens

Stephen Tennant stayed at The Queens Hotel! As the official hotel for Portsmouth Pride, we have thoroughly enjoyed the LGBT+ History month posts from Portsmouth...

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CHRISTMAS 2026

Planning in advance is smart.