Saturday, February 24, 2007

Her Majesty's Yacht - Edinburgh



This Royal Yacht was launched by Queen Elizabeth II on 16 April 1953. She took Prince Charles and Princess Diana on a honeymoon cruise aboard Britannia in 1981. She was also used to evacuate refugees from a civil war in '86. The last foreign mission was to convey the last British governor of Hong Kong, Chris Pattern, away from Hong Kong for the handover of the British colony to China in 1997. The Yacht was decommissioned in the same year.

The bedroom picture shown above belonged to Queen Elizabeth. During its sails, it carried plentiful royal yachtsmen and officers. Look at the cramped accommodation area as well as the small locker spaces (look at pictures above).

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