Will Queen Anne usher in a new golden age of cruising? A first look as Cunard crowns its new £500m monarch
A crisp spring wind whipped over the River Test, skimming the water that flowed on its path to the Solent. From my open-air viewpoint metres above water, the sunless sky is punctured by one thing only: the hulking red and black funnel that has crowned Cunard ships for almost two centuries.
On Tuesday evening, welcomed , the latest monarch to join Cunard’s fleet. There was much fanfare in the south-coast , with crowds watching her sail in through the arcs of a water salute, Cunard’s first female captain, Inger Klein Thorhauge, at the helm. The following day, I was among the first to step onto her decks as she docked at her home port, where the line’s vessels beamed as a diamond in the rough.
