tuesday , famed ocean liner , king victoria 2 , popularly known as the qe2 , arrived in her homeland base of southampton , london for the 7th time . the cunard line ship has been in service since 1969 , and is to play a floated hotel in cyprus . the homecoming was damaged as the vessel ran aground on a sandbank by calshot at the end of the water . the boat met the sandbank at around 0530 gmt , and the tugs took around 30 minutes to pull the qe2 back . the 70 , 000 tonne vessel was driven into port and was docked at 0730 gmt leading to the solent coastguard . around a million crew and 1 , 700 seats were aboard the ship , which was returning from a cruise around the region .
Elizabeth II is the queen of England.