Mary Queen of Shops Mary Queen of Shops Mary Queen of Shops is a British television series presented by Mary Portas broadcast on BBC Two. The series began with a four-week run starting on 7 June 2007, and returned for a second series of six episodes beginning on 9 June 2008. A third three-part series, titled "Mary Queen of Charity Shops", began on 2 June 2009. The show returned for a fourth series on 7 June 2010, featuring various independent shops, rather than just fashion boutiques. The title of the programme is a play on Mary, Queen of Scots' name. In each episode, Mary
RMS Queen Mary 2 presented talks about the ship's design. On 6 May 2014, all three Queens met up for the first time in Lisbon, Portugal. The three ships sailed abreast of each other from Lisbon to Southampton. On 9 May 2014 "Queen Elizabeth" and "Queen Victoria" led "Queen Mary 2" up the Southampton channel where they docked in formation at the QEII terminal and performed a birthday salute to "Queen Mary 2". The anniversary included a tour of the ship by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. On 25 May 2015, all three Queens met, once again, at Liverpool, in order to