SAILORS on the UK’s flagship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, have sent a Jubilee greeting to the Queen as only the Royal Navy can… a huge tribute on the carrier’s flight deck!
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More than 300 sailors – nearly half the ship’s company – braved bracing brings during training off the south coast to spell E II R 70 on the vast flight deck on HMS Queen Elizabeth.
The Portsmouth-based aircraft carrier – formally named by The Queen in 2014 and commissioned in her presence three years later – briefly broke off from training for her autumn deployment to the Mediterranean to allow sailors to show their appreciation for the warship’s sponsor.
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Commanding officer captain Ian Feasey said: “From HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Fleet Flagship, and the wider Royal Navy, we send our best wishes to Her Majesty the Queen on the occasion of her Platinum Jubilee, celebrating 70 years of her reign.
"Each of us that has the honour to serve in HMS Queen Elizabeth takes inspiration from our sponsor, Her Majesty the Queen, who has dedicated her life to service and duty.”
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