Must Have Stuck In Her Craw

[Canary42]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-31802613

Having lost her beloved yacht Britannia, naming a cruise liner (for use by "Commoners") with the same name must have been a jarring experience for Betty.

[Svejk]

Seemed a perfectly reasonable question to me. That's why I'm not a mod, I guess. (certainly better than that 21:50 post)

[whirlyhurly]

Ha, yes, I agree with you Canary, the only time we've seen any semblance of emotion {with tear filled eyes} from Lillibet was at the loss of her "boat".

[DTCwordfan]

The ship is simply Britannia, whilst the Queen's tub was "HMS Britannia," that's a big difference. Anyway, what happened to the idea to replace the Britannia with a new royal yacht, the idea that was mooted in the run-in to her diamond jubilee - and, apparently, with the Canadians prepared to pick up a good chunk of the tab, Australia just behind with the dosh offering too?

[DTCwordfan]

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/jan/16/royal-yacht-backed-david-cameron

[bhg481]

The Britannia in Leith is NOT, and never was, HMS Britannia. When we visited it last year they made a point that it was NEVER HMS.

[DTCwordfan]

Technically it was HMY Britannia.

[bhg481]

No it wasn't. It was Britannia.

[DTCwordfan]

Wrong - all around

The ship name: Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia. Owner and Operator, The Royal Britannia Trust. Google wilkipedia for example.

[normchurch]

the word is that the minute Charles takes the throne, Australia will become a republic.