Fifty-five years after Betjeman saved Rules, London’s oldest restaurant is secured again

Fifty-five years after John Betjeman helped save it from demolition, London’s oldest restaurant, Rules in Covent Garden, has had its future secured again after the building was donated to the National Trust.
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The restaurant’s landlord has gifted the Maiden Lane building to the charity, protecting the home of an institution that has served diners since 1798. Over the centuries, Rules has built up the sort of list of illustrious customers that would put an edition of