- The Royal Yacht Britannia was the British royal family’s private yacht from 1953 to 1997.
- The ship is now a museum open to the public in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- The tour shows Queen Elizabeth’s bedroom, state rooms used for entertaining, and crew bunks.
The Royal Yacht Britannia was the British royal family’s private yacht from 1953 to 1997. With its many royal vacations and official tours, the yacht logged over 1 million miles, the equivalent of one trip around the world for each of its 44 years at sea.
The Labour government decommissioned the ship in 1997 due to its high operating cost of £11 million each year, Reuters reported. That’s equivalent to about $23 million today.
After it was decommissioned, the royal yacht was turned into a museum open to the public. Take a look inside.
