Sunday, January 22, 2012
By DAVID STRINGER and GREGORY KATZ, Associated Press
Submitted by: Kevin J. Ziruolo
By DAVID STRINGER and GREGORY KATZ, Associated Press
Submitted by: Kevin J. Ziruolo
Queen Denied New Yacht For Her Diamond Jubilee
England - Prime Minister David Cameron has denied the Queen a tax-payer funded $92 million yacht as a gift for her Diamond Jubilee.
[AP] Cameron's spokesman Steve Field said it would not be appropriate for public funds to be spent on a new yacht during times of economic hardship. But he said the government would be supportive of private efforts to provide a new ship for the queen.
After 44 years in her service, the Royal Yacht Britannia sprang a leak and was decommissioned in 1997.
Replacing the yacht wasn't the Queen's idea.
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