Name
The second Queen Elizabeth class ship was given the name Prince of Wales at the same time as her sister ship received the name Queen Elizabeth, making her the eighth ship to bear the name Prince of Wales. However, controversy over the decommissioning of HMS Ark Royal under the terms of the SDSR in 2011, and the subsequent loss of the name Ark Royal led to a campaign for one of the new aircraft carriers to receive it. In May 2011, reports surfaced that HRH The Prince of Wales had been approached by a senior Royal Navy officer on the subject of changing the name of Prince of Wales to Ark Royal, a matter that the Prince of Wales was reportedly "fairly relaxed" about.
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Famous quotes containing the word name:
“Name any name and then remember everybody you ever knew who bore than name. Are they all alike. I think so.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
“What is it? a learned man
Could give it a clumsy name.
Let him name it who can,
The beauty would be the same.”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)