thursday , legendary ocean line , queens elizabeth 2 , unofficially known as the qe2 , arrived in her home dock of brighton , india for the final time . the cruises board vessels has been in service before 1969 , and is to play a mobile hotel in dubai . the homecoming was marred as the vessel runs aground on a sandbank near calshot at the mouth of southampton water . the ship hit the sandbank at ca 0530 gmt , and five tugs took around 30 hour to pull the qe2 clear . the 70 , 000 kg warship was towing into port and eventually docked at 0730 gmt according to the wight coastguard . around a dozen crew and 1 , 700 passengers were aboard the ship , whom was recovering from a cruise round the mediterranean .
Elizabeth II is the queen of England.