Editing Claridge's (section)

===19th and 20th centuries===
The new Claridge's, built by [[Trollope & Colls|George Trollope & Sons]], opened in 1898.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=074-btrl&cid=0 |title=Trollope & Colls |publisher=National Archives |access-date=27 July 2019 |archive-date=1 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101181550/http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=074-btrl&cid=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> It is a Grade II [[listed building]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1219905 |desc=Grade II |access-date=22 December 2008}}</ref> The hotel has 203 rooms and suites and around 400 staff.

After the [[First World War]], Claridge's flourished due to demand from aristocrats who no longer maintained a London house, and under the leadership of Carte's son, [[Rupert D'Oyly Carte]], an extension was built in the 1920s. During the [[Second World War]], it was the base of the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]]'s government in exile and home of [[Peter II of Yugoslavia]].

In 1996, the foyer was restored by architect [[Thierry Despont]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Foulkes | first=Nick | title=Thierry Despont: inside the mind of the chameleon architect | website=Financial Times | date=26 March 2020 | url=https://www.ft.com/content/06adac07-4c27-410a-8eb8-6912a5f6cdbb | access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Art Deco Hotel in Mayfair: Design & Features | website=Claridge's | url=https://www.claridges.co.uk/about-the-hotel/design-features/ | ref={{sfnref | Claridge's}} | access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref>

In 1998, the group of hotels—along with the later-added [[The Connaught (hotel)|Connaught]]—was sold for $867 million to two American private-equity funds, [[The Blackstone Group|Blackstone]] and [[Colony Capital]].<ref name="To Capture Claridge's">Dana Vachon (August 2014), [http://www.vanityfair.com/business/2014/08/claridges-hotel-london-battle To Capture Claridge's] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920112357/http://www.vanityfair.com/business/2014/08/claridges-hotel-london-battle |date=20 September 2014 }} ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]''.</ref>