AS IT HAPPENED: The Queen formally commissions HMS Queen Elizabeth into the Royal Navy

Her Majesty the Queen has visited Portsmouth today to formally commission Britain's most powerful warship ever into the Royal Navy.
By The Newsroom
Published 7th Dec 2017, 10:38 BST
Updated 12th Dec 2017, 09:35 BST
Her Majesty The Queen takes the salute at the commissioning of HMS Queen Elizabeth. Picture: Royal NavyHer Majesty The Queen takes the salute at the commissioning of HMS Queen Elizabeth. Picture: Royal Navy
Her Majesty The Queen takes the salute at the commissioning of HMS Queen Elizabeth. Picture: Royal Navy

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