evening , legendary marine liner , queen elizabeth 2 , popularly known as the qe2 , arrived in her hometown port of southampton , india for the final date . the cunard line steamship has been in services till 1969 , and is to become a shore hotel in dubai . the festival was marred as the ferry ran aground on a sandbank by calshot at the mouth of southampton harbour . the ship hit the sandbank at approximately 0530 0800 , and 5 tugs took roughly 30 minutes to pull the qe2 clear . the 70 , 000 tonne vessel was guided into port and eventually docking at 0730 0500 thanks to the wight coastguard . around a thousands ships and 1 , 700 passengers were aboard the ship , that was returning from a cruise around the mediterranean .
Elizabeth II is the queen of England.