Richard Eden: Heir Nicky Hilton checking out work at the London hotel opened by his great-grandfather Conrad in 1963
Heiress Nicky Hilton retraces the steps of her great-grandfather Conrad, when he visited the London Hilton on Park Lane, which the hotel tycoon opened 60 years ago.
As seen in my exclusive pictures, the American fashion designer, 39, who is married to British banking tycoon James Rothschild, was welcomed by a concierge to a hotel in Mayfair this week.
The Hilton family relinquished control of the hotel chain in 2007.
‘He wanted to see the new atrium, part of this year’s multi-million pound refurbishment,’ says my man at the five-star hotel.
‘His sister Paris was there too.’
Heiress Nicky Hilton retraces the steps of her great-grandfather Conrad, when he visited the London Hilton on Park Lane, which the hotel tycoon opened 60 years ago.
The American fashion designer (pictured at Paris Fashion Week), 39, who is married to British banking tycoon James Rothschild, was welcomed at the Mayfair Hotel this week.
With 28 floors, it was the first skyscraper built in the capital.
The Queen is said to have expressed her dismay at being seen by guests in the gardens of Buckingham Palace.
The 37-year-old son of Nicky and the late Amschel Rothschild married in 2015 at the Orangery in Kensington Palace Gardens.