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Queen Elizabeth II holds a pen made from part of a propeller on the original Queen Elizabeth ship, as she talks to Commador Ronald Warwick on the bridge of the Queen Mary 2 cruise liner in Southampton Docks, Thursday 08 January 2004 before naming the £ 550 million (€ 791 million) vessel in front of more than 2,000 guests. It was the first time the Queen had named a Cunard ship since the launch in 1967 of the QE2, whose Southampton to New York service will be taken over by the 2,620-passenger QM2 in April. (KEYSTONE/EPA/ROTA POOL)