The Royal Britannia Yacht Substitute | The Crown (Imelda Staunton, Dominic West)

Queen Elizabeth (Imelda Staunton) shares with the royal family the Prime Minister's idea for a substitute for the royal yacht Britannia, announcing its retirement after many years of service.

From Season 5, Episode 10: Decommissioned

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[TheFatNumpty]

I'm a staunch royalist but also believe that if Her Majesty wanted the Britannia so much then why couldn't she fund it herself? Like it or not the money wasn't in the public coffers to spend on it. Or alternatively they could have downsized to a more manageable and modern yacht 🤷‍♂️

[cald]

Lmao such a good scene. The entire family hates the changes and Charles is the one who’s like “ooh yeah. Very modern”

[henryviii]

Notice Charles is the only one who can accept that the monarchy must change if it wants to remain. For all his faults with Dianna he was always a populist (as far as a king can be anyways) and has always been a supporter of modernization of the monarchy. Even now as King, Charles has made a great effort to shift the perception of the monarchy from being a stuffy class of poms to being more like that of his Grandfather, a servant of the people and a citizen-king.

[PhantomObserver]

The Royal Yacht came into service at pretty much the same time that ER ascended the throne. As such, the ship was bound up in her identity as monarch.
The reason she wanted the ship to be refitted and continued as her platform of transport as paid for by the government (aka taxpayers) is the same reason the US government pays for the aircraft known as Air Force One: as a showcase of the government’s head of state.
It was a good idea for the government to persuade ER to decommission the Yacht and use it as a museum ship to showcase the history of ER’s reign.

[corradogiorgio]

It is said that to maintain the Royal Yacht it cost $15 million per year and doesn't include the cost of security needed.

[here_we_go_again]

I have to say that the royal yacht was an expense that
neither the BRF or the UK government could afford. As
the saying goes
" *A* (pleasure) *boat is a hole in the water into which*
. *one pours one's money* "

I can understand why, as Britain was once premier
naval power of the world, that the BRF would have a
yacht, "back in the day" Also, air travel on luxury
planes didn't exist under after WW2.

[benu_bird]

How many millions did Andrew cost the Queen to pay off the scandal? But he carried some paintings out of a castle? What a good boy he is.

[ilmsff]

1:40 You want a modern monarchy, Charles? You got it!

[dvirbarbie]

They could EASILY sell off one diamond of the crown jewels and pay off for a new yacht. Why on earth did they think asking more money from the public is the right thing to do when they have enough savings to finance their bloodline for generations to come?

[Ghost]

I wish the government would have pay for the royal yacht. The royal family deserve it.

[kaszaspeter]

I visited the yacht in Edinburgh harbor a few weeks ago. A really nice thing, although nowhere near luxurious by today's superyacht standards. But even then: to pay for it with public funds? No way.

[JohnKozlowski-otld]

If this is an accurate.
The Queen made the right decision.
She didn't want Blair's motto on Hull.
That's Political.
A corporate would be endorse the brand.
Philip figured " he was entitled to their entitlements.
Charles was like King Edward selling out the

[westaussie]

The cheek of these people. Palaces, Castles.. pay for your own yacht😡

[Rat_Queen]

Pay. For. Your. Own. Yacht.
Tax payers should never need to pay for these people

[codyshi]

Is the Royal Yacht Britannia, the same ship that Prince Charles rode on to participate in the 1997 handover of Hong Kong (Britain's last overseas Colony that marked the end of the British Empire)?

[Afroman]

I was brought up that if I wanted something, I had to work hard and pay for it. The royals have palaces and yachts, and everything is just given to them. if they want it, then they should pay for it. taxpayers shouldn't have to prop up the royal family.

[irawilliams]

Is Charles really that stupid? If the royal family rides a yacht with Blair's political slogan, that relinquishes their duty of staying neutral.

[irismarshall]

Remember, this is drama. I stopped watching it because they had the Queen querying her education and it actually wasn't the Queen but Princess Margaret. Brittania was special to the Queen because it was the only place on Earth where she could truly relax. She was in tears at the decommissioning ceremony. She can't sell the Crown Jewels - they belong to the State. When Windsor Castle caught fire, the Government expected us to pay (not the Queen), they told the Queen that we would pay so imagine the egg on their faces when we said we were not going to pay! There were six funding streams such as Historic England etc and Queen Elizabeth chipped in significantly but the Crown won't tell you that! Prince Andrew ran in and out with the firefighters to save the priceless artworks that belong to the nation. That is you.

[Ronfost]

Aww the poor spoiled pointless monarchy has to find other people to pay for their boat.

[andrew_]

The Sovereign's personal wealth could easily sustain a royal yacht, they just wanted the tax payer to foot the bill.