Mr Ainsworth, from Dorset, said outside the hotel that the wedding had been "an historic occasion".

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The King's Arms Hotel in Dorchester, Dorset, has played host to Queen Victoria and George VI since it was built in 1720.

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The world's first pair of coastal radio stations were set up at a hotel near the Needles on the Isle of Wight and at another hotel in Bournemouth (later moved to a hotel near Poole, Dorset).

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