![]() Campaigners claim Immovate attempted to block the application for listing status and "declined to meet the RVT community or reveal its plans for sale". The rescue bid, RVT Future, was set up after the pub was sold in 2014 to Immovate, a property development company based in Austria. ![]() Paul O'Grady, who made his name there in 1980s as his alter ego Lily Savage, Graham Norton, and Lord of the Rings star Sir Ian McKellen have all supported the campaign. The landmark decision came as a result of a high-profile campaign over the last year to protect the venue from attempts to sell or redevelop it. The Tavern's famous kidney-shaped bar, its curved Victorian front, and its totemic position in queer nightlife as a haven for drag and alternative performance have been secured. South London's Royal Vauxhall Tavern, which has been hosting LGBT performers and customers since the 1940s, and where Freddie Mercury once smuggled Princess Diana inside in male drag, has been awarded the status by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on the advice of Historic England.
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