The Coronation was marked by a Spithead Review – but Her Majesty is being denied one now because the Royal Navy has been sunk by wave upon wave of spending cuts.

Queen Elizabeth II was on the throne for 70 years, making her the country’s longest-reigning sovereign. Seven decades as monarch was a milestone worth celebrating, so June 2022 saw plenty of ...

A fleet review at Spithead, a walkabout in Portsmouth and dozens of street parties – in June 1977 the city, and indeed the nation, celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Queen acceding to the ...

The Platinum Jubilee pageant will include a fleet of 'Dames in ... one for George V's Silver Jubilee in 1935 and this will be the fourth for the present Queen. Sir Michael Morpurgo, the ...

You might remember my article two years ago about Captain Gordon Walwyn who, in 1977, organised the Silver Jubilee Fleet ... yacht Britannia during the Queen’s jubilee tour of the West Indies.

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the mobilisation of the fleet in 1914, the coronation of George VI in 1937, the coronation of the present Queen in 1953, her silver jubilee in 1977 and the bicentenary of Trafalgar in 2005.

The Queen’s 1977 Silver Jubilee saw millions celebrating her reign at street parties across the country. The affection shown by crowds during her Jubilee tours of the UK was a surprise even to ...