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The Royal Yacht Britannia was the British royal family's private yacht from 1953 to 1997. The ship is now a museum open to the public in Edinburgh, Scotland. The tour shows Queen Elizabeth's bedroom, ...

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 ...

What's it like cruising when you're a queen? Our latest Cruise Ship Tour, in the carousel above, offers a deck-by-deck look at the Royal Yacht Britannia, which served the British monarch, Queen ...

LONDON-- The U.K. may be sailing into an uncertain future outside the European Union, but if campaigners have their way, Britannia will rule the waves again. A Conservative lawmaker and the Daily ...

The ruined monastery near Ripon, North Yorkshire, and the yacht moored at Leith, Edinburgh, are visitors' joint favourite destination, according to consumer group Which?. They beat attractions ...

The enhanced visitor centre will incorporate ‘never before seen’ images and films, setting the scene of the Royal Yacht’s rich history, giving visitors an enhanced sense of arrival before stepping ...

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh leave Britannia for the last time after it was decommissioned in 1997. A replacement for the royal yacht is to be announced by Boris Johnson Boris Johnson will announce ...

ST. IGNACE, MI - Sixty years ago today, there was a little royal fever gripping the Straits of Mackinac area as Queen Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip, passed underneath Michigan’s Mackinac ...