Historic Café Royal, which has occupied 68 Regent Street for 143 years, will close to the public for good at the end of this year, reports the London Paper.

Israeli developers Alrov bought a 125-year lease on the site for £90 million from Crown Estates, and have no plans to keep operating the legendary Café Royal – which has played host to the likes of Oscar Wilde, Cary Grant and Elizabeth Taylor over the years. Instead, many of its decadent private rooms will become hotel bedrooms in the redevelopment.

Nightclubs Chinawhite, Paper & Dolce also got an eviction notice and need to move. Read all about it here.

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