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The RMS Queen Mary was designed with luxury in mind. Reminders include multiple celebrity travellers, as well as the place settings that bygone First-Class passengers enjoyed.

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A First-Class tea serving, preserved for museum purposes. A raised tray with silverware sits to the left. Cigarettes, cards a menu and other documents are in the foreground. A silver tea service and layered cake/sandwich stand sits toward the rear on the right. A number, 103, is displayed, indicating that this level of service was replicated for many passengers.
March 9, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Built for North Atlantic travel, the RMS Queen Mary transported more troops in five war years, from 1941-45, than tourists in more than twenty-five cruising years. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was a passenger three times during WW2.

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British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine stand on the deck of a Clyde steamer in 1943, being ferried across to the RMS Queen Mary, visible in the background. Winston is wearing an overcoat, naval cap and is smoking a large cigar. Clementine is wearing a fur cat and is carrying a medium leather handbag. They are standing on the deck of the ferry, with wooden tourist benches sat empty next to them. The RMS Queen Mary looms behind and far above them, painted in wartime grey. Two funnels and multiple lifeboats are visible, as are fifty or more blackened portholes.
March 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM