The Prince of Wales has toured the Corinthia Hotel London in a tour held to coincide with celebrations marking The Prince's Regeneration Trust's 15th anniversary.

The Trust ensures that historic buildings across the UK are revamped and put to use.

Corinthia has itself just completed what has been one of the United Kingdom's most prominent regeneration projects in recent years, where an original Victorian-era hotel has been lovingly recreated as a luxury grand hotel fit for the 21st century.

Prince Charles was shown around by Alfred Pisani, founder and chairman of Corinthia Hotels, who recalled the opening of the company's first hotel, the Corinthia Palace in Attard, itself inaugurated by The Duke of Edinburgh in 1968.

Prince Charles visited the Corinthia on a busy but typical day, with 100 per cent occupancy, restaurants in full swing.

In one room, six Middle Eastern Foreign Ministers, some of whom were staying at the hotel, plus their minders and advisors, were huddled in a meeting room, spilling out into every nook and cranny of the grand foyer for some more private conversations.

Outside the hotel, paparazzi and loyal teenage fans were lined up, held back by security, as they awaited two American singer superstars to leave their penthouse suites in the hotel - which has become a second home to countless A-List celebrities over the past year since the hotel has opened.

"We approached the redevelopment of our hotel in London with love, creativity and humility. We had the best in class in terms of advisors and designers but above all, our own team has done a great job in making sure we executed a financially-rewarding acquisition and project, and likewise, put all our energies and instincts for hospitality into a structured format for the delivery of consistent, quality service," Mr Pisani said.