There are hotels and resorts where guests are treated like royalty. Then there are those that have actually hosted kings and queens – and princes, princesses, emperors and empresses, for that matter. These royal residences – including jaw-dropping quarters in the Palace of Versailles and Gritti Palace in Venice – are now luxury hotels paying homage to their illustrious histories. 

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