Bid to bring a Queen home
For 40 years the luxury liner has been berthed in California as a tourist attraction. Now a British businessman wants to buy her back for the nation.
David Smith and Graham Mole
Sunday March 19, 2006
The Observer
The Queen Mary was one of the most glamourous ships ever to set sail, with a passenger list including Noël Coward, Greta Garbo and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
For nearly 40 years the liner, once the pride of Britain, has been run as a tourist attraction and hired out for weddings in Long Beach, California. Now a British businessman has declared his intention to buy it back for the nation.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1734275,00.html
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For 40 years the luxury liner has been berthed in California as a tourist attraction. Now a British businessman wants to buy her back for the nation.
David Smith and Graham Mole
Sunday March 19, 2006
The Observer
The Queen Mary was one of the most glamourous ships ever to set sail, with a passenger list including Noël Coward, Greta Garbo and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
For nearly 40 years the liner, once the pride of Britain, has been run as a tourist attraction and hired out for weddings in Long Beach, California. Now a British businessman has declared his intention to buy it back for the nation.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1734275,00.html
[Moderator's Note: This board's formatting processes appear not to be able to handle a url that contains a comma, and this one contains two. Steve's attempt to make this a clickable link didn't work for that reason. To get to the Observer article he mentions, you'll have to copy and paste the url into your browser's address window. MAB]