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 and 1948, when Cunard's original "Queen Elizabeth" was in service at the same time as the Royal Navy battleship . The Royal Navy's aircraft carrier went to sea the summer of 2017, six and a half years after the cruise ship entered service. "Queen Elizabeth" is almost identical in design to "Queen Victoria", although because of the steeper stern, her introduction into service the passenger capacity was slightly higher with up to 2,058 compared to "Queen Victoria's" 2,014. Also unlike many previous Cunard Queens, "Queen Elizabeth" is not a true ocean liner as she does not have the heavy plating