"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." It was the first royal yacht designed for ocean travel. The ship was built by John Brown & Co at the ...

The Queen once said that "Britannia is the one place where I can truly relax." The ship has made several appearances in Netflix's "The Crown," including season five. The Royal Yacht Britannia served ...

Seventy years ago, the Britannia began its journey as the royal yacht for Queen Elizabeth II and the Royal Family of the United Kingdom. Over the next 44 years she’d travel more than a million ...

The ship is now a museum open to the public in Edinburgh, Scotland. The tour shows Queen Elizabeth's bedroom, state rooms used for entertaining, and crew bunks. The Royal Yacht Britannia was the ...

The Royal Yacht Britannia served as the official royal yacht of the British monarchy for 44 years Kelsie Gibson is the Senior News Editor of Society and Culture at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

It was said that when Queen Elizabeth II's royal yacht, the Britannia, was decommissioned in 1997, she cried. It was a remarkable and rare show of emotion from the legendarily stoic queen, giving the ...

After Prince Philip’s death last week, several British MPs and cabinet ministers are calling for a new royal yacht. The former Royal Yacht Britannia, which transported Prince Philip and Queen ...