The Albert The Albert The Albert is a Grade II listed pub located at 52 Victoria Street in Victoria, London, about southwest of Westminster Abbey. Built in 1862 by the Artillery Brewery, the pub retains its striking façade and Victorian features that were undamaged during The Blitz in World War II. The Albert was named in tribute to Queen Victoria's husband, Albert, Prince Consort. The Albert was built in 1862 on Victoria Street on the site of an earlier pub called The Blue Coat Boy, which was first recorded in 1831. This earlier pub—named after the famous charity school nearby—was purchased for
Royal Albert Hall "Session Man" by The Kinks references the Hall: <poem>He never will forget at all The day he played at Albert Hall.</poem> In the song "Shame" by Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow, Barlow mentions the Hall in his verse: I read your mind and tried to call, my tears could fill the Albert Hall. In some variants of "Hitler Has Only Got One Ball", Hitler's second testicle is mentioned to be in the Hall. Royal Albert Hall The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, which has held the Proms concerts annually each