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19 (Portsmouth, UNITED KINGDOM) Nine ships, 32 aircraft, and 3,700 personnel will set sail today on the UK Carrier Strike Group’s maiden operational deployment.
The seven-month global deployment will extend through the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean and on to the Indo-Pacific, interacting with more than one fifth of the world’s nations.
Britain’s new flagship aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, will lead six Royal Navy ships, a Royal Navy submarine, a US Navy destroyer and a frigate from the Netherlands in the largest concentration of maritime and air power to leave the UK in a generation.
Her Majesty the Queen visited her namesake vessel – which she commissioned in 2017 – this morning before the aircraft carrier sets sail from Portsmouth, meeting crew members and wishing them luck in what will be an unforgettable life experience by being part of naval history. Among those to meet Her Majesty the Queen was Colonel Simon Doran USMC.
Her Majesty paid tribute to her husband of 73 years, who died on April 9 aged 99, by wearing the piece, which she teamed with a brick-red cashmere coat for her appearance at HM Naval Base, Portsmouth.
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The Queen visited the warship in Portsmouth (Image: via Russell Myers)
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Queen attends first solo engagement since death of husband Prince Philip
Queen visits Royal Navy flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth as it prepares to sail on its first deployment to the Far-East
22 May 2021 • 1:43pm
The Queen carried out her first solo royal duty since Prince Philip s death today as she was welcomed on board Royal Navy flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth.
The Queen sends the ship on its way
Credit: Steve Parsons
It was the monarch s first official solo appearance in public since the death of her husband on April 9, after being accompanied to the Queen s Speech earlier this month by Prince Charles.