Word: qe2
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Leaving the hospital after knee surgery, QUEEN ELIZABETH II was greeted by what the Times of London described as an "audible intake of breath" from onlookers. And who could blame them? The woman was wearing pants. In her 50 years on the throne, QE2 has clung to a conservative wardrobe of skirts and dresses. Her pantsuit prompted reams of commentary, from approval of her accessories (pearls, silk scarf) to interviews with Peter Enrione, the man who designed the ensemble. A scramble to uncover the last time the Queen appeared publicly in trousers turned up a photo from 1945, when...
...good father - now 62% think he will make a good King, up from 41% after she died. Even the Other Woman, Camilla Parker Bowles - Diana dubbed her the "Rottweiler" - appears routinely at Charles' side. Burrell profited mildly from his post-Diana fame by giving lectures about royalty on the QE2 and writing a book on how to entertain, but unlike so many other royal retainers, he never cashed in with a tell-all memoir. He left a tantalizing hint in his police statement that he might disgorge Diana's secrets in his own defense: "I wish to emphasize...
From costume balls to bingo, the QE2's entertainment package is pure nostalgia, often featuring performers like Tommy Steele, Des O'Connor and Fyvush Finkel, who, like much of their audience, have seen their best years but are still going strong. The ship's band plays classic Palm Court compositions from the romantic past. In the British-style pub, a sextet of middle-aged jazz musicians splendidly re-creates the New Orleans sound. Excerpts from Broadway and West End productions are scheduled to start in late May. "Where else," asks Scotsman Reg rhetorically, "can a wealthy senior citizen...
Though the QE2 definitely caters to an older clientele, she began to draw a younger crowd after the film Titanic romanticized the gilded lifestyle of the older liners. The gymnasium is getting more use, as are a nursery and a video-game room, and the ship has installed new direct-satellite phone and e-mail facilities...
PETER HAWTHORNE is a foreign correspondent who has covered southern Africa for TIME since 1994. He booked a voyage from Cape Town to Southampton on the luxurious QE2 as a birthday present for his wife. "It's a world of its own," he says. "If we had time and the bank manager on our side, we would do it every year...