Benedict Cumberbatch revisits infamous Empress Hotel seagull apology

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Benedict Cumberbatch's reading of Empress Hotel 'seagull incident' apology soars back into spotlight

Posted: Jan. 24, 2023 7:14PMFour years after going viral, a letter apologizing for an infamous seagull incident at Victoria’s Fairmont Empress hotel is resurfacing online thanks to none other than Benedict Cumberbatch.

Nova Scotia resident Nick Burchill penned a letter to staff at the Fairmont Empress to express his regret over an 18-year-old disaster, recounting the day a colony of gulls ransacked his hotel room and ruined an afternoon of high tea. Two years later, that apology letter has continued to resurface, this time making it into the archives of a renowned Youtube project dedicated to celebrating the art of written correspondence, “Letters Live.”

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