Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother extremely enthusiastic, and largely dissipated any residual feeling that George and Elizabeth were a lesser substitute for Edward. Elizabeth told Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, "that tour made us", and she returned to Canada frequently both on official tours and privately. During the Second World War, the King and Queen became symbols of the fight against fascism. Shortly after the declaration of war, "The Queen's Book of the Red Cross" was conceived. Fifty authors and artists contributed to the book, which was fronted by Cecil Beaton's portrait of the Queen and was sold in aid of the Red
MS Queen Elizabeth throughout the hull. However the bow was constructed with heavier plating to cope with the Transatlantic run, and the ship has a high freeboard. Although having an almost identical interior arrangement to "Queen Victoria", the decor is very different. The ship is a tribute to the two previous Queen Elizabeth-named ships: the original "Queen Elizabeth" and ""Queen Elizabeth 2"". She also evokes the era of the 1930s, in which Cunard's first "Queen Elizabeth" was launched, with many art deco interior touches. The ship also features a "Britannia" Club section of the main restaurant, which is a feature popular on "Queen