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 On 13 August 2016 Queen Elizabeth made the 2,500th cruise ship call at Kiel, Germany. On 6 July 2017, during a cruise around the British Isles, "Queen Elizabeth" encountered the new Royal Navy aircraft carrier in the Moray Firth, during the warship's initial sea trials. 13 January 2011:<br> Two years after the first Cunard Royal Rendezvous, RMS "Queen Mary 2" met up with "Queen Victoria" and the then brand new "Queen Elizabeth" for another Royal Rendezvous in New York City. Both "Queen Victoria" and "Queen Elizabeth" made an Atlantic crossing in tandem for the event. All three Cunarders met in