Well if a load of private businesses are offering to buy you a boat you'd be a fool to refuse. I'm guessing it's a gift for the longevity of her magnificent reign as it was well documented how sad she was when the Britannia was taken out of Royal service.
So, to cut a long story short, she never asked the tax payer to buy her a new yacht, like the left-wing, anti-royalist ****ebag had originally said.
Somebody said it on this thread and also somebody said it on the thread yesterday with the link to the article from some socialist magazine.
mickey ***an is the Irish intruder who got into the Queens sleeping quarters and ''sat at the foot of her bed chatting to her for 10 minutes or more'' yeah right he bate the hoop off her , doggy , reverse cowgirl you name it and micky did it with lizzy
It was the second time he broke in From his first 'visit' ''***an entered through an unlocked window on the roof and spent the next half hour eating cheddar cheese and crackers and wandering around. He tripped several alarms, but they were faulty. He viewed the royal portraits and rested on the throne for a while. He then entered the postroom, where the pregnant Diana, Princess of Wales had hidden presents for her first son, William. He drank half a bottle of white wine before becoming tired and leaving.'' That's ****ing brilliant