Hotel Edouard 7 Paris, built in 1877 in pure Haussmanian style, has thus paid tribute over the centuries to its illustrious guest. The French authorities did likewise, having decided after his death to create Place Edouard VII in his honour a few steps from the hotel and to erect an equestrian statue to his glory (the sculptor Paul Landowski was chosen, in a competition) in front of the renowned eponymous theatre which...