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shedding a tear in public. She hasn't
been onboard since then. One of the
last events attended by royalty--in-
cluding Prince William and the Duch-
ess of Cambridge--was the July 2011
pre-wedding party of Zara Phillips,
daughter of Princess Anne.

The queen originally had requested
an open coal fireplace for the drawing
room, but since Navy regulations re-
quired that a sailor would have to be
on round-the-clock watch with a fire
bucket, that idea was nixed. Instead,
an electric fire was chosen.

Well, even the queen can't have every-
thing.

Left: The Royal Yacht Britannia was
Queen Elizabeth II’s floating home,
sailing over 1 million miles. Now
it’s berthed just outside Edinburgh.
Some 300,000 tour it each year. Photo
courtesy of VisitBritain. © Marc Millar,
Royal Yacht Britannia

IF YOU GO

Royal Yacht Britannia, a 15-minute bus
ride from Edinburgh city centre. Board
via the second floor of the Ocean Ter-
minal Shopping Centre; www.royaly-
achtbritannia.co.uk. Self-guided tours
take about 1 ½ to 2 hours. There is a
tearoom on the top deck, a shop sell-
ing fudge and other candy made on-
board, and a large gift shop.

We stayed at the Apex Waterloo Place
Hotel: http://www.apexhotels.co.uk/
en/hotels/edinburgh/

We enjoyed dining at the tiny Field
Restaurant http://www.fieldrestau-
rant.co.uk/ and at the Witchery: http://
www.thewitchery.com/ (Reservations
highly recommended for both).

For more information: www.visitscot-
land.com and www.visitbritain.com

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