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Royal shopping at Liberty in London

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Liberty London United Kingdom One of the most beautiful department stores in London, United Kingdom certainly is Liberty, located on the Great Marlborough Street, near Regent Street. It sells many luxury goods as fashion, cosmetics, fragrances, jewellery, accessoires, homeware, furniture, stationery and gifts. Liberty is known for its floral and graphic prints. Some history In 1843, Arthur Lasenby Liberty was born in Chesham, Buckinhamshire. He was employed by Messrs Farmer and Rogers in Regent Street in 1862. That was the year of the International Exhibition in London. Arthur Liberty - Source picture: Wikipedia Around 1874, inspired by his 10 years of service, he decided to start a business of his own, which he did the next year. He loaned 2.000 pounds from his future father-in-law and he accepted the lease of half a shop at 218A Regent Street with three staff members. His shop opened during 1875. It sold ornaments, fabric and objets d'art from