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Kensington

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[ken-zing-tuhn] / ˈkɛn zɪŋ tən /

noun

  1. a former borough of Greater London, England: now part of Kensington and Chelsea.


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His name is also attached to two luxury apartments in London’s high-end Kensington neighborhood, purchased in 2014 and 2016 for a combined £36 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

The apartments are just steps from the Israeli Embassy and the nearby royal residence at Kensington Palace.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

A few minutes’ drive from Ansari’s Kensington apartments, a boutique London hotel called the Gainsborough Hotel sold for £6.5 million in 2018 to an entity controlled by Salim Ahmed Said, according to U.K. property records.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Catherine said Wales was "very close to our hearts", while Prince William praised the nation's "rich history and wonderful people" in a video of the two published by Kensington Palace.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

Mourners crowded into the little wooden church in New Kensington, where Fannie had lived, a few miles downriver from Natrona.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell