He said: “We thought we were going to be pausing for 60 days and yet here we are, just over 500 days later, and we are returning to sailing from the UK.
“For everyone who joined us [for the test sailing], I think the overwhelming feedback we got was that it felt like coming home. That was definitely my emotion getting back on board, to feel part of that Princess family and to be back on the ship and have the crew doing what they what they love to do.”
Roberts was called to Miami in March 2020, initially to help with operations on the US east coast and Caribbean, and subsequently to work on repatriations for passengers and later crew members.