Royal Yacht Britannia - Queen Elizabeth II’s Floating Palace
History Tea Time
Lindsay Holiday
4.5 • 566 Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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| 1:06.4 | Hello and welcome to History Tea Time. |
| 1:10.6 | I'm Lindsay Holiday and I'm spilling the tea on history. |
| 1:20.9 | The Royal Yacht Britannia, Queen Elizabeth II's Floating Palace. When Queen Elizabeth and her family went on vacation, |
| 1:33.4 | they didn't fly coach or take a carnival cruise. They traveled in style aboard Her Majesty's |
| 1:41.1 | Yacht, Britannia. The queen decorated the ship herself in the year of her coronation. |
| 1:47.0 | This was her favorite place to be, where she could truly unwind away from the public and press. |
| 1:53.5 | I recently had the opportunity to tour this historic yacht in Edinburgh, Scotland, and to talk to |
| 1:59.4 | the yachties who served the royal family while they |
| 2:01.9 | travelled the world. Let's explore this floating time capsule. Learn how it functioned. Find out |
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