Long before the word “luxury yacht” was automatically associated with Russian tycoons or Arab oil billionaires as owners, a small, select group of ship lovers had the finest ships built for centuries: the royal families of Europe.
The fleet of stately furnished royal yachts, with which crowned heads – from the last Russian tsar to the princes of Monaco – have been cruising the seven seas for centuries. And some royals can’t let go of luxury at sea even today.
A small list of historical and current royal ships:
Yacht “Britannia”: The Queen’s favorite floating residence
There can hardly be a better example of a royal “leisure boat” than “Her Majesty’s Yacht (HMY) Britannia”, built in 1953 for Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II.
Source: Stern
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