The Queen once said that “Britannia is the one place where I can truly relax.”
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip waving onboard the Royal Yacht Britannia during an official visit to Kuwait during the tour of the Gulf in 1979. Tim Graham Photo Library/Getty Images
The Labour government decommissioned the ship in 1997 due to its high operation cost of £11 million each year, Reuters reported. That’s equivalent to about $23 million today.
At the decommissioning ceremony, the Queen shed a rare public tear.
The ship has made several appearances in Netflix’s “The Crown,” including season five.