Picture special: Welcome fit for a Queen as £3bn aircraft carrier comes home

By The Newsroom
Published 16th Aug 2017, 11:05 GMT
Updated 11th Sep 2017, 12:42 GMT

Tens of thousands of people have lined the walls of Portsmouth Harbour to welcome the UK's £3 billion aircraft carrier which has berthed at its home port for the first time.

It was truly an incredible sight.

The HMS Queen Elizabeth, the UK's newest aircraft carrier, sails past the Spinnaker Tower as she arrives in Portsmouth this morning. Picture: LPhot Dan Rosenbaum/Royal Navy/PA Wireplaceholder image
The HMS Queen Elizabeth, the UK's newest aircraft carrier, sails past the Spinnaker Tower as she arrives in Portsmouth this morning. Picture: LPhot Dan Rosenbaum/Royal Navy/PA Wire
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