Plans for the new £200m Royal Yacht are scrapped
7th November 2022
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has scrapped
controversial plans to commission a new Royal Yacht at an estimated
cost of £200,000,000. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced
in May 2021 that a successor to the Royal Yacht Britannia would be
built in memory of the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
However, speaking in the House of Commons, Defence Secretary Ben
Wallace said the plans…

