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  1. 1997: Queen In Tears As Royal Yacht Decommissioned

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  3. Emotional at the decommissioning of the Royal Yacht Britannia in 1997

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  4. Queen ‘greatly hurt' and tearful after Royal Yacht Britannia's

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  5. Archive photos show how the Royal yacht Britannia took shape more than

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  6. The Crown True Story: The Royal Yacht Britannia

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  1. Royal Yacht Britannia Sails into Brisbane in 1970

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  1. Decommission

    On 23 June 1994, John Major's Government announced there would be no refit for HMY Britannia as the costs would be too great. After a long and successful career spanning 44 years and travelling over 1 million miles around the globe, it was announced that the last Royal Yacht was to be decommissioned. There was no immediate decision about a ...

  2. The Queen's TEARS for royal yacht

    The Queen famously shed a tear when she attended the decommissioning of the Royal Yacht Britannia during a ceremony in Portsmouth in 1997. Overcome with emotion, she was seen wiping her eyes as ...

  3. 1997: Queen In Tears As Royal Yacht Decommissioned

    '1997: Queen In Tears As Royal Yacht Decommissioned'#OnThisDay 1997: The Queen and Prince Philip were emotional as they watched the decommissioning of the Ro...

  4. What Happened To Britannia? The Fate of Queen's Beloved Yacht

    In Episode 1 of "The Crown" Season 5, the Queen's love for the Royal Yacht Britannia is made explicitly clear. ... At its decommissioning ceremony in Portsmouth on December 11, 1997, the Queen and ...

  5. HMY Britannia

    Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia is the former royal yacht of the British monarchy.She was in their service from 1954 until 1997. She was the 83rd such vessel since King Charles II acceded to the throne in 1660, and is the second royal yacht to bear the name, the first being the racing cutter built for the Prince of Wales in 1893. During her 43-year career, the yacht travelled more than a million ...

  6. Reflecting on Edinburgh's Royal Yacht Britannia 25 years after arriving

    When the Royal Yacht Britannia was decommissioned in 1997 following forty-four years of serving the country, the late Queen Elizabeth II thanked the ship and its crew for providing "great support" to the nation.. Having sailed one million miles, carrying over 700 hundreds royal visits at home and overseas, the Queen hailed the ship's achievements as "a great testament to those who designed and ...

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    The royal yacht's formal decommissioning ceremony, held at the Portsmouth naval base, was attended by Queen Elizabeth II, her husband, Prince Philip, and her children, Prince Charles, Prince ...

  8. The Retirement of a Longtime Royal Yacht

    December 11, 1997 Britannia, a vessel that had served as the royal yacht of British monarch Queen Elizabeth II for more than four decades, was decommissioned in a ceremony at the Portsmouth naval base on England's south coast. Along with highlighting Britannia's "brass fittings gleaming in the winter sunshine and flags rippling in a brisk…

  9. Royal Yacht Britannia decommissioning ceremony

    Royal Yacht Britannia decommissioning ceremony; (Britton,Adrian) ITN ENGLAND: Hants: Portsmouth: Dusk: TGV Britannia in dock Day: MS Crew piping aboard Queen and Prince Philip MS Queen Elizabeth II (red coat and hat) boards followed by Prince Philip and both welcomed by captain Prince Charles (in naval uniform) along on deck PULL OUT Prince Edward, Sophie Rhys-Jones, Peter Phillips, Duke of ...

  10. All About the Royal Yacht Britannia Featured on The Crown Season 5

    On December 11, 1997, the Royal Yacht Britannia was decommissioned during an official ceremony that was attended by most of the senior members of the royal family.

  11. The Royal Yacht Britannia: A History of Queen Elizabeth II's Favorite

    The Queen shed a tear at the decommissioning ceremony for thye Royal Yacht Britannia. ... and all of their children in attendance, Britannia was decommissioned at a ceremony in Portsmouth, England ...

  12. What happened to the Royal Yacht Britannia mentioned in The Crown

    There is a real Royal Yacht Britannia, and, ... before returning for a decommissioning ceremony in Portsmouth, England on Dec. 11, 1997. The ship's clocks were stopped. The Royal Marines band ...

  13. When was the Royal Yacht Britannia decommissioned? Where it is moored

    Despite the monarch's love of the yacht, Britannia was decommissioned in 1997 after Tony Blair was voted into power. However, Boris Johnson imagined a new Royal Yacht to replace Britannia. The ...

  14. Where is the Royal Yacht Britannia and why was it decommissioned?

    Today, the Royal yacht is open to curious visitors and welcomes more than 300,000 visits each year. Britannia was launched in 1953 from the John Brown and Company shipyard in Clydebank, Scotland .

  15. 'the Crown': Facts About Queen Elizabeth's Royal Yacht Britannia

    The Royal Yacht Britannia was the royal family's private yacht from 1953 to 1997. The Queen once said that "Britannia is the one place where I can truly relax." The ship has made several ...

  16. Royal Yacht Britannia decommissioning ceremony: Preparations and

    Royal Yacht Britannia decommissioning ceremony: Preparations and Royal arrivals; EXT Other members of Royal family along on deck of Royal Yacht Britannia including Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Prince... Get premium, high-resolution news videos at Getty Images

  17. In pictures: Royal Yacht Britannia at 60

    The Royal Yacht's last foreign duty was to convey Governor Chris Patten and the Prince of Wales away from Hong Kong after the handover to China in 1997. At the decommissioning ceremony in ...

  18. In Pictures: When The Queen Was Moved To Tears In Public

    The Queen was also photographed crying in public during the Royal Yacht Britannia's decommissioning ceremony in Portsmouth in 1997. Her majesty had a deep personal affection for the vessel, which ...

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