But now the Royal Hotel, on Great Yarmouth's Golden Mile, is a shadow of its former self as it is home to a group of squatters, rather than authors or monarchs.

Around a dozen light bulbs in the 57-room Marine Parade building can be seen switched on if you walk around the tired-looking structure.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has written to the owners of the building, AYA Hotels, who bought the building in 2023 for £1.2m, asking them to secure the property.

A door at the front of the Royal Hotel has been smashed (Image: Bruno Brown) The GYBC letter to building owner on display at the front of the building (Image: Bruno Brown) The letter, which has been pinned to the former hotel's front door,........

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