 On one occasion during a royal broadcast from the Ritz to the United States , Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands , Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg , King Haakon of Norway and King Christian of Denmark were all staying at the Ritz at the same time . Edvard Beneš would entertain guests at a private luncheon at the hotel several times a week during the war years . In 1942 , Winston Churchill , Dwight Eisenhower and Charles de Gaulle met in the Marie Antoinette suite of the hotel to discuss operations , Brendan Bracken , who served as an observer and mouthpiece on political society in London , and Anglo @-@ American politician Ronald Tree spent much time at the Ritz , and Tree lived there during the winter of 1940 . Laura Long , who would later become Laura Spencer @-@ Churchill , Duchess of Marlborough , the second wife of John Spencer @-@ Churchill , 10th Duke of Marlborough , the architectural writer James Lees @-@ Milne , Harold Acton and writer Norman Douglas were regular diners at the Ritz during wartime . 
