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A new HMY Britannia could boost Britain’s boost links with the world and become once again a “majestic symbol of national esteem”, the director of The Royal Commonwealth Society has said. Michael Lake ...

If you've been heavily invested in watching season five of The Crown – of course you have, why else would you be here!? – then you've probably (read: definitely) got a Google search history full of ...

Queen Elizabeth’s farewell to the Royal Yacht in 1997 was one of the only occasions in her 70-year-reign that Her Majesty publicly shed a tear. Almost 25 years ago, HMY Britannia left Portsmouth for a ...

AN ELECTRICAL fitter who worked on the former royal yacht of the British monarchy has today shared his memory of meeting the Queen at the ship’s decommissioning. Did you know with a Digital ...

With the UK facing pandemic, recession and mass protests over racial inequalities, a former trade minister has suggested one innovative way to boost the nation’s morale: spend £100m building a new ...

1. She was the last ship in the Royal Navy in which the sailors slept in hammocks. 2. The only ship in the world whose captain, by tradition, was always an Admiral (until 1995, when a Commodore was ...

But Department for International Trade ruled out spending any taxpayers’ money on the project THE GOVERNMENT has declared they are “very keen” to see costed plans to bring back a Royal Yacht for the ...

When you think of homes owned by the Royal Family, the first few that spring to mind are likely to be Buckingham Palace, Sandringham House, Windsor Castle and Kensington Palace - but what about the ...

The royal family has a long history of seafaring—the first official royal yacht was the HMY Mary (HMY stands for His or Her Majesty's Yacht), gifted to Charles II by the Dutch in 1660. In fact, over ...