A greater wave of gentrification would be hard to find. The port’s upturn was heralded with the arrival of HMY Britannia in 1997, which has taken up residence as a royal museum. Aboard Britannia, the ...

Decommissioning the royal train would have marked the largest shake up to the royal family’s travel arrangements since the decision to retire the royal yacht HMY Britannia in 1997. The late ...

‘I name this ship Britannia. I wish success to her and to all who sail in her.’ With these words, on April 16, 1953, The Queen released a bottle of ‘Empire wine’ — a post-war economy in place of ...