"It's the law of England!"
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Fawlty Towers
Animated — 3 years ago(March 02, 2023 12:58 AM)
In The Wedding Party, Basil initially refuses to rent a room to the young couple when he discovers they're not married, saying "It's nothing to do with me, it's the law of England". (He is swiftly over-ruled by Sybil.) Did Britain in the 1970s really have a law against unmarried couples hiring hotel rooms, or was Basil just making it up?