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For 44 years, the yacht has carried Elizabeth II and the royal family around the world, from official trips to private vacations. Welcome aboard.
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From our correspondent in London, Marc Roche
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“Rule Britannia, Rule the Waves”! Boris Johnson intends to revive the British maritime tradition, born in the XVIe century, which was at the origin of the greatest empire of all time. With lyrical accents that are dear to him, the Prime Minister has launched one of his most important post-Brexit projects, the construction of a successor to the royal yacht Britannia, “a formidable flagship that will reflect the UK’s new status as a great independent trading nation”.
A thousand years ago, didn’t Canute, king of the English and the Danes, rule the tides, according to legend? This is how Great Britain became great. In any case, the Prime Minister did not skimp on the expense, in this case 200 million …
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