tuesday , famed ocean liner , consort elizabeth 2 , popularly reported as the qe2 , arrived in her birthplace port of southampton , england for the final event . the cunard line crew has been in service in 1969 , and is to become a naval hotel in cyprus . the homecoming was troubled as the vehicle slipped aground on a sandbank near calshot at the mouth of southampton waters . the ship hit the sandbank at around 0530 gmt , and four destroyers takes around 30 ms to pull the qe2 up . the 70 , 000 tonne vessel was towed into port and finally docked at 0730 gmt according to the medway boats . around a thousand cargo and 1 , 700 people were aboard the ship , itself was returning from a cruise around the horizon .
Elizabeth II is the queen of England.