HMS Queen Elizabeth left Portsmouth on Monday afternoon and crowds came to give her a proper send-off. Picture: Finnbarr Webster/Getty ImagesHMS Queen Elizabeth left Portsmouth on Monday afternoon and crowds came to give her a proper send-off. Picture: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images
HMS Queen Elizabeth left Portsmouth on Monday afternoon and crowds came to give her a proper send-off. Picture: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images

In photos: Royal Navy carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth waved off by crowds as she departs Portsmouth

CROWDS gathered to wave HMS Queen Elizabeth off as she departed Portsmouth once again.
By Matthew Mohan-Hickson
Published 22nd Sep 2020, 11:15 BST

The Royal Navy aircraft carrier left the naval base on Monday after days of delays and will continue the latest round of training with F-35 fighter jets.

Queen Elizabeth had been due to sail last week but that was postponed several times.

ALSO READ: HMS Queen Elizabeth leaves with crowds waving off ‘the pride of Portsmouth’

Hundreds of people socially distanced as they lined the shore in Old Portsmouth to give the carrier a proper send off on Monday afternoon.

Check through our gallery below to see if you were in our pictures from the crowd.

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HMS Queen Elizabeth left Portsmouth on Monday afternoon and crowds came to give her a proper send-off. Picture: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images

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HMS Queen Elizabeth left Portsmouth on Monday afternoon and crowds came to give her a proper send-off. Picture: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images Photo: Finnbarr Webster

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Crowds watch as HMS Queen Elizabeth departs from Portsmouth Naval base. Picture: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images

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Crowds watch as HMS Queen Elizabeth departs from Portsmouth Naval base. Picture: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images Photo: Finnbarr Webster

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Crowds gather to give HMS Queen Elizabeth a proper send off. Picture: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images

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Crowds gather to give HMS Queen Elizabeth a proper send off. Picture: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images Photo: Finnbarr Webster

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Crowds gather in Old Portsmouth to give HMS Queen Elizabeth a proper send-off. Picture: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images

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Crowds gather in Old Portsmouth to give HMS Queen Elizabeth a proper send-off. Picture: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images Photo: Finnbarr Webster

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