Queen Elizabeth II s helicopter entrance and other highlights from her latest engagement
The 95-year-old was also wearing a scarab brooch studded with small diamonds and carved rubies, that was gifted to her by the Duke of Edinburgh in 1996.
May 24, 2021 07:21 BST
Queen Elizabeth II visited the UK s largest warship named after her on Saturday, marking her first public appearance since the death of her husband Prince Philip. The royal engagement made headlines for a number of other reasons, including the monarch s iconic entrance in a helicopter.
The helicopter landed on the deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth, which the Queen herself named alongside her late husband seven years ago, before it descended in an enormous open lift flanked by two F-35B fighter jets, reports Mail Online.
Hundreds of people lined the harbour walls to wave off the warship as it set off from Portsmouth Naval Base for the 28-week deployment by the Carrier Strike Group (CSG).
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The Queen visited the warship yesterdayCredit: PA
The warship - affectionately called Big Lizzie - set off from Portsmouth Naval Base for the deployment by the Carrier Strike Group to the Indo-Pacific region.
The 28-week-long deployment will cover 26,000 nautical miles.
The group will visit 40 nations including India, Japan, South Korea and Singapore.
The Queen beamed yesterday as she visited the warship in her first public appearance since Prince Harry s latest broadside at his nightmare life as a royal.
The monarch toured the HMS Queen Elizabeth amid a tumultuous week for the Royal Family.
A source said of her public appearance: There is a desire from Her Majesty to get out and about to show people that normal life can resume.
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Her Majesty paid tribute to her husband of 73 years, who died on April 9 aged 99, by wearing the piece, which she teamed with a brick-red cashmere coat for her appearance at HM Naval Base, Portsmouth.