Yes, a billionaire crying as she leaves her taxpayer funded plaything.

@@marywinnifred9242 best comment ever

@@marywinnifred9242 I’ve seen many ppl crying on news stories cus they are getting kicked out of their council houses. A home you have had for 50 years can have the same connections to any class of ppl.

​@@marywinnifred9242 to be fair, as the ship was operated by the Royal Navy and not privately operated, it was always a ship built for duty from the start. In the late 40s or early 50s, Royal Family was presented with a much more elaborate concept for its design but turned it down in preference for the much more simplistic design we see today. The ship made 968 state visits over it's service including about 40 commonwealth tours which not only inspired future trade deals but also helped unify the commonwealth. The reason the ship had so much money spent on its construction and seaworthiness was twofold - First it allowed the ship to visit the more remote parts of the commonwealth (and at the time, the Empire) in the coldest and most harsh regions of the oceans of this amazing world of ours, and, more importantly I'd argue is the second reason - so the ship could be converted into a hospital ship during a time of war (similar to the use of the R.M.S Queen Elizabeth II which was a cunard passenger liner built by the same shipyard and used in the Falklands war for troop transport). Yes, this capacity as a hospital ship was never used, but the ship did still provide a role as a Royal Navy humanitarian vessel by evacuating just over 1,000 people from war-torn Yemen in 1986, something that no private pleasure-cruiser would ever dream of doing - but this was a Royal Navy ship! There are also numerous other brilliant incidents of this ship being used to deliver humanitarian aid The Overseas Trade Board estimated that £3 billion was made for the Exchequer as a result of commercial days on Britannia between 1991 and 1995 alone! I completely understand the point you try to make, and sympathize with the fact that perhaps it was a waste of money - but it certainly wasn't completely useless. And so, despite having my mind undecided about my view on the monarchy, I definitely think that if done properly - a new Royal Yacht could have potential! But it must be dealt with, like this one was, as a simple and effective hard-working ship with productivity at the heart of the decision-making, something that I don't think bumbling Boris's proposal of a new yacht doesn't have in mind.

@@Rob-ws2kh - it wasn't her home, no comparison. It was a floating ballroom for parties.

Not sure how accurate the Crown is, but they put an importance on the Yacht for QEII... it was the only "home" she got to make her own. Out of all the palaces filled with history and designed by other monarchs, the Yacht was one thing she helped design. She said it felt most like home to her for that reason.

Well, she should have funded the refurbishments herself. She only had herself to blame.

Not upset enough to pay for the refit though.

Good grief.

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Wow Awesome Memories Kababayan! ❤️😍

Wow! Thats great ah! I hope to experienced that too..yeah After Prince Charles went to Hongkong last 1997 they went to Manila for an unofficial vacation...before went back to London for the Decommisioning of Beitania

@@chrisrdgymnastics There were also 3 Royal Navy ships went along with the Britannia eventually handed over to the Philippine Navy and are presently in active service patrolling the Philippine waters.

what an honor 😊

Greetings from the Crown!

Second home? More like tenth home…

Who has a second home to cry for? Not normal people, at any rate, and certainly not one that can sail across the oceans. Monarchy is a remnant of dark ages, no one needs it any more!

its okay she has plenty of castles to dry her tears

Many things were just passed down to her or was something that she "inherited" when she became Queen. The fact that the Britannia was commissioned and launched during her early years as Queen meant that the Britannia was something that was truly 'hers' and not just passed down to her. So it for sure held a special place in her heart.

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@Melissa Fraser Im sure u will be fine if someone says that about u when u mention anything about a dead loved one

@Melissa Fraser Oh typical, destroy one argument and u bring up something completly irrelevant.

George VI died BEFORE the ship had its maiden voyage. He really had nothing to do with it. The ship was ordered on February 5, 1952; George VI died the very next day. The ship was launched in 1952 and had her maiden voyage in 1953. So, I don't see how you can associate George VI with the yacht at all.

@@daniel_sc1024 The ship was ordered then, but the King had been involved in the planning of it more or less since the decommissioning of the old Britannia. There was a documentary on TV in 97 that said how he'd taken a particular interest in the bow of the ship. I can't remember exactly what or why after all this time, but it surprised me that he was so knowledgeable about whatever the nautical term for aerodynamics is. As he and Elizabeth were so close, it's not unreasonable to speculate that he discussed it with her.

@Melissa Fraser Nobody said anything was special. It's an observation on how, if someone truly and deeply loved someone else, that person's death can still cause pain and sorrow decades later. We can only ever do our best to be worthy of being remembered with such feeling.

@Melissa Fraser As anyone of us.

@Melissa Fraser maybe Saint Diana faced God too about her extramaritaI affairs with married men. The queen wasnt responsible for Diana's actions.

@Melissa Fraser yeah she wasnt. But everyone expected the queen to be perfect and you all made her take the blame for all that he grown up children and her daughters in laws did, as if she was reaponsible for it and as if the burden of the kingdom on her shoulders wasnt already enough for her. So much sympathy for Diana and so little for the quee

@@GodisMyNo1 God is man-made.

@@est9949 I love how know-it-all atheists always share their unsignificant opinion with us believers, as if we asked for it and as if it means anything to us. Saying "God doesnt exist" to a believer, is like saying "love doesnt exist" to a couple who are happily in love with one another. Thats the effect it has on us: none. I have always believed in God and I always will, no matter what. Have the day you deserve

Hello Kathleen how are you doing today and your family wishing you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 🤔

thank you very much, I was trying to find out what it was

I am not even a brit. Still miss her. 😢

Why? you used to hang out together?

We here in Manila, Philippines 🇵🇭 we're lucky to be given a guided tour of the Royal Yacht Britannia when it was docked at our port in Manila Bay for refueling and resupply as it headed for Hong Kong and days later returned with HRH Prince Charles and 3 Royal Navy ships from the disbanded Hong Kong Squadron eventually turned over to the Philippine Navy and presently on active duty patrolling Philippine waters.

Yeah, and she didn’t shed as many tears for Diana.

@@leewest356 why would she share tears for an ex daughter in law who cheated her son with everything that moved??

@@miraalbertson C-A-M-I-L-L-A

@@teller1290 markel is revenge.

@@josephwallace7287 she will follow her mom in laws soon

Why did they have to give it up though? I’m sure she could have just privately funded it?

@@kevsouth8497 It is the size of a small cruise ship. It had outlived its purpose, and was very expensive to operate. I doubt they (the Royal Family) could afford it on their own.

@@daniel_sc1024 Ships don't have very long lives. Especially ones with as many miles on the click as Britannia. The Olympic was known as "Old Reliable" because of how sturdily she was built and equipped, but went for scrap after only 25 years.

@@daniel_sc1024 Sure they could. Please read about the annual profits on their estates alone.

@@mortalclown3812 It wasn't your average yacht - it was more like a small cruise ship. Even with their profits, I doubt they could have afforded the annual operating costs for very long. In 2017 there was talk of a new yacht, and that modern ship was projected to cost 10 million pounds a year to operate; I imagine the 1953 ship cost a lot more than that.

@Harold Paulle agreed

I noticed this also. It's not for me to judge what her emotions mean, but she would have received less criticism if she'd shown this emotion at Diana's funeral. Maybe this is partly why Harry is so angry and trying to seek revenge against the whole family. He and William wanted a royal funeral for Diana, but the Queen didn't. She only bended after being pressured.

This yacht was the only place she could feel free and far from the whole publicity… it was, so do I think, her only real home since her youth.

I know a few mother in laws who don’t shed tears for the death of their son’s ex wife. So what’s the big deal 🤷🏻‍♂️

She shared more time with the Yacht than with princess Diana. Apart from that, she was free in the Yacht without Charles...

What a mean spirited comment. A former daughter-in-law with whom she didn't get along, anyone else In Her Shoes wouldn't shed a tear either. Especially when the perception was that she had damaged everything the queen had worked for. The yacht was not just a boat it was a place of family and memories and an end of an era. So to compare the two is a completely false argument created to find some way to criticize the late queen. Shame on you.

Difference is US Presidents eventually leave office and become private citizens. They along with other private citizens pay the taxes that fund the upkeep of Air Force One. The Royal Yacht was funded solely by the people of the UK not the royal family that stays in power until they die. To say it's the same as Air Force One is only half true.

Ok whatever you say.

That’s pathetic. She was just a person. A person who spent her entire life putting on theater so the taxpayer would continue to fund her life of opulence while her people struggled. She was not a good person. And The Crown is fiction.

Her* not his. His is used for males. If you are going to criticize her at least spell properly. The ship could not have been saved, and thats not true. She showed public emotions for many tragedies, she just felt connected to this ship because she had there the memories of an entire life

Think if I am correct it was mor then just refurbishment they needed to do and the cost would been more then a new ship if I am correct

@@Wenchework cost to refurbish was 17 mil pounds. annual net income from crown estate is like 100 million pounds

@@Hallahanify From what I understand that was the refurbish cost however it was lot more then just the refurbish that had to be done remember it was a 45 year old ship that had been used way more then a reguler ship would been so lods more to keep it up to date. Ships maitense is lot more then what you see

@@Wenchework ya sure lets listen to the guy who cant spell maintenance... It's because they would rather have the government pay with peoples' taxes rather than out of pocket. They surely had the money, but did not want to spend the money. Quite asinine if you ask me

@@snakeoo7ca There were a lot more to do then just the 17 million pounds on the interior and cost would been way way more and considering how much normal ships would have cost it is not supriceing it was extreamly substansial more then 17 as it was a royal ship and yes it was surgested meny ways to awoyd the tax payers would not pay it but it could not even get close and with the royals useing the plains more then the ship it was no supriced in end it was decommisioned,norway and other scandinavian royals do have ships and tax payers keep them up however they are not in same way as Brittania was upkeep and so on. English is secondery to me so please show some respect

Couldn’t agree more. Upkeep of his reputation was costly too 😂😂😂

The Crown is fiction

Probably thinking of all the family memories that took place onboard

Because she didnt cry for the yacht itself but for the memories that were attached to it and for the freedom and happiness she felt there. Not so difficult to understand it now, is it??

You'd be surprised how something petty can trigger emotions. I didn't cry while holding my dad's corpse or at his funeral... Then I returned his car to the dealership and all of those emotions hit me at once. For all we know, something similar happened here with the Queen.

To be fair on her that was like a childhood home

Because she was a narcissist who cared only for herself and maintaining dynastic power.

Because they would have to pay every year for it and it would still get decommisioned eventually. She is not crying because she had to pay for it, she is crying because the ship came to an end. She knew it would happen but she was still sad for it because she had many memories there

@@GodisMyNo1 yes it was decommissioned because they did not want to pay for the ship themselves... The next boat they got was paid for by the government also. Trillion dollar family has no excuse

@@snakeoo7ca the ship was too old

Another poor creature who has watched ”The Crown” and belives everything is true 🤣😖

For season 5, not season 6

@@ongyiyi2401 Really curious where they'll end the series. I don't think they'll take it all the way up to her death, but who knows? I was sure they'd cover Diana's crash in the last episode of 5, but they never did.

disagree with you.

It was Major who made the decision

Britannia was the only one of her residences she could furnish to her taste. The palaces are part of the crown estate and are maintained in the styles of 200 years ago. I don't blame her for being more attached to the ship. She often said it was the only place that felt like home. When Windsor castle caught fire, she was concerned, obviously, but she didn't have the sentimental attachment to it that she had for the yacht.

@@zacmumblethunder7466 maybe if she was a bottle washer somewhere (a job she was qualified for) she would have had more important things to concern herself with.

@@rayhill5767 She was a qualified motor mechanic.

@@zacmumblethunder7466 and she enjoyed it.

Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Palace of Holyroodhouse and Hillsborough Castle belongs to the state - not to the monarch

Tiden, Brump and the Kardashanians and the Kennedies.

Says an american 🤣

@@rickardnyberg4899 a proud American :)

Omg people will loose brain cells reading this ridiculous comment.

@@NarnianHogwart Don't be so hard on yourself.

Something something about the something institution creating revenue something for the something British excuse...

it seem you not read into this, they said even you put money in to fixing it, It would only extends ship life for a few years. Therefore the decision to decommission the yacht was made.

Exactly, I’ve seen her more emotional here than at some funerals

She didnt cry for the boat itself, she cried for the memories of a lifetime that were tied to it!!

@@krislv9219 She is allowed to be emotional for whatever she wants to, without being judged by people who expect her to react as they would. This is called projection. For this I am glad that Im not a public person. Imagine to be expected to please the public at all times by reacting the way they expect you and want you to!

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High catedral and sunset

She has plenty of other homes away from home...Windsor...Sandringham...Balmoral...

Boo hoo hoo. My heart's just breakin' for her.

Would you cry over you sons controversial ex-wife ? I know for sure that i wouldn’t !

@@rickardnyberg4899 i cry if my son behave worst towards his wife and made her life a hell and I cry for god's forgiveness for giving birth to a son like him and never helped that daughter in law because I feel guilty have emotions and feelings and kindness .....

Would you cry over your sons controversial ex-wife ? I know for sure that i wouldn’t

Imagine thinking this was just about a boat and that shedding tears is linked to the depth of sadness or emotion a person feels inside.

@@pinkosmondfan imagine being gullible enough to think that the royal family care about any of their subjects.

@@pinkosmondfan She cared more about a damn boat then she ever did about her own people. Who she only viewed as subjects.

Lady Diana was a problem for them, as she broke tradition many times, divorced baby boo boo Charles, and spent her last few days behaving erratically. She was still tied like a balloon to the Royals, and her death was not all that surprising to most people. Of course, her death created a whole host of problems as well, but these materialistic fucks, especially the Lizard Queen, would definitely be expected to cry over some ship rather than someone she considered a wench.

Would you cry over your sons controversial ex-wife ? I know for sure that i wouldn’t !

World's most expensive welfare cases 🤑

She didnt have to cry about someone like Diana who c.h.eated on her son with dozens of married men and brought so much problem to her family. Diana was not her family. I wouldnt cry over my ex daughter in law either

@@GodisMyNo1 Charles was with Camilla from day one of being Diana's suitor-turned-fiancé-turned-husband and there are even speculations he cheated on her with other women, and even men (I'm gay, so I don't say that in a "GASP!" way, but in a "we don't know how many people besides Camilla he cheated with" way) -- so the cheating is (at the very least) a moot point. I would definitely cry for my grandchildren losing their mother, even if I didn't like her -- but, okay.

@@IDontWantThisStupidHandle well good for you for having such a bIeeding heart. I wouldnt cry for my ex daughter in law 🤷‍♀️

@@IDontWantThisStupidHandle Oh and Charles was with Camilla long before Diana got in between them. Love always wins, so at least now they are together as they should have been from the begining

@haroldpaulle5915 Im not reIigious. Not all those who believe in God are reIigious.

Shame on John Major

Shame on anyone who thinks these idiots are entitled to leach off British tax money

Shame on HMQ, wonder if there were tears when tax payer didn’t pay to shut off Prince Andrew’s victims too 😂😂😂

Shame on Margaret Thatcher, the hateful old cow.

Such a drama queen thou art.

Would you cry over your sons controversial ex-wife ? I know for sure that i wouldn’t !

The payoff of the victims of paedophiles for example will continue to be costly 😂😂😂

Just Charles and CowMilla. Send them off to a North Sea island and let William be king.

Royals problems

@@niranjansrinivasan4042 Very strange lot

@@KevinSmith-wp9qs Charles showed more emotions

Would you cry over your sons controversial ex-wife ? I know for sure that i wouldn’t !

But she had memories with that yacht

Yes

Very much not the point. When you think of the British do you imagine flying? Planes? Britannia rules the waves, they are a sea going people always have been and probably always will be. The queen traveled everywhere where outside of Britain by ship for decades. There are family memories and great history attached to that yacht. Moreover it’s been a staple of her reign from day one, for her it must have been like watching Buckingham palace demolished.

@@AEsir2023 maybe so and I get the sentimental value attached to it but given modern economies struggling and the other new rising economies, things aren’t what they used to be. Should the cost of maintenance and repairs be imposed on the tax payers?

They should demolish Buckingham Palace. It is an eyesore. Charles can stay at Clarence House or somewhere else, and there's always Winsor.

@@AEsir2023 Britannia hasn't ruled the waves for some time.

And do that every year for it to be decommissioned eventually, anyway?? even if other people paid for it, it would still be decommisioned one day, nothing lives forever. She is not crying because she had to pay for it. She is crying because it all came to an end, the memories and history tied with that ship were gone, for her

People can cry for many things that bring memories to them. Her yacht was her true home to her where she felt free. I feel the same way about my home too

Jealousy is an unattractive trait. Only seen in unattractive people.

Her entire life is in the public eye always under scrutiny. The yacht was the only place she was abe to enjoy privacy and simply be a Mom .

Bing back Fidel!

@@marymccarty9374 She didn’t have to be queen. She chose it.

In Edinburgh as a museum ship and event venue

@@rickardnyberg4899 thank you