Queen set to name new liner
The Queen will officially name Cunard's new Queen Elizabeth liner today in a ceremony at the vessel's home port of Southampton.
The Italian-built, 92,000-tonne vessel will then leave for its maiden voyage - a sailing that was fully booked less than 30 minutes after going on sale.
The 964ft-long ship joins two other "queens" in the Cunard fleet - the Queen Mary 2 and the Queen Victoria.
The first Queen Elizabeth was launched on the Clyde in 1938 by the then Queen Elizabeth, later to become the Queen Mother. The second - the QE2 - was launched on the Clyde by the Queen in 1967.