Special invitation regalia for those attending the formal naming of Cunarder Queen Anne at Pierhead in Liverpool, UK June 3, 2024
Following years of great anticipation, Cunard’s fourth ship and another Royal Monarch, Queen Anne joined the fleet in January and began service with three inaugural cruises in May, the second of which was a fourteen day ‘British Festival Voyage’ – a circumnavigation of the British Isles. The voyage had many highlights the most spectacular of which was a formal naming ceremony held at Liverpool’s Pierhead on June 3, 2024. It represented another Cunard first when it was held outdoors with hundreds of thousands in attendance to witness the first time in which a city- in this case, Cunard’s ‘spiritual home’ of Liverpool- was bestowed the honour of naming this newest Cunarder.
 Some of the crowd of thousands of onlookers for the naming of Queen Anne, shown anchored off Pierhead in Liverpool. |
 The super magnum of champagne which was launched on a wire from the bridge to break on the bow during the formal naming of Queen Anne. |
 Special cake displayed in the Grand Lobby of Queen Anne to celebrate the coming into service of the newest Cunard Monarch of the Seas. |
 CSS Chairman enjoying a tour of the bridge with Queen Anne’s deck officers during the British Isles Festival Voyage. |