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QE2 Arrives In Port For The Final Time

An era has officially ended some forty years after it began as the QE2 docked for the last time. It wasn’t the usual fanfare that accompanies the Queen when she comes into a port. It was a simple, unheralded arrival for a monarch that had ruled the seas for four decades. According [...]

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Cunard Line Welcomes Duke of Edinburgh To QE2 Farewell

In an event befitting a king, Cunard Line has invited His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh for a farewell visit to Queen Elizabeth 2 in her homeport of Southampton on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 – the ship’s last day in the United Kingdom before leaving on her final voyage at 7:15 p.m. local time. [...]

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