Queen names the Royal Navy's largest ever warship
The Royal Navy’s largest ever warship has been officially named by the Queen in a traditional ceremony held at Roswyth Dockyard in Fife.
Queen joined by Prime Minister at Royal Navy ceremony
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were accompanied by Prime Minister David Cameron and Defence Secretary Philip Hammond at the naming ceremony of Britain's largest ever ship.
Hundreds of workers, who helped build the HMS Queen Elizabeth, have joined military Chiefs and dignitaries at Roswyth Dockyard in Scotland to witness the Queen's christening of the warship.
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