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Take a trip: Queen Mary 2
Terry Tazioli
Terry Tazioli
Travel Editor Terry Tazioli visited Southampton, England, to tour the Queen Mary 2 prior to her maiden voyage Jan. 12, 2004. Read about his adventures.


January 07, 2004

Hats and brickbats

It’s late here in Southampton. Well past midnight. A bunch of us, freed from today’s task of inspecting Queen Mary 2, went off to dinner in the countryside (see the previous entry – above or below this, I’m never certain with this BLOG thing.)

I’ll fill you in more, as long as I can stay awake. Then tomorrow I’ll be up and at it again.

Tomorrow’s the big day. The ship officially gets its name from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We’ll be busy most of the day, but I’ll bounce off and on here as I can with reports.

The big items concerning journalists here?

“Are hats required at the naming ceremony?” No, they’re optional.

And...

“Did Prince Charles REALLY plot to kill Princess Diana?” (It’s in all the papers – too bad you can’t see Wednesday’s Daily Mail! But here’s some info, nonetheless - "The death of Diana" and "Diana letter sensation". Don’t you just love the WORLD EXCLUSIVE label?

And here comes the Queen, right into the midst of all this mess.

Life is good in England.


 
Posted by ttazioli at January 7, 2004 04:35 PM

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