mondays , venerable river liner , queen elizabeth 2 , previously known as the qe2 , arrived in her home port of southampton , english for the seventh time . the cunard line ship has been in port since 1969 , and is to becoming a floating hotel in dubai . the homecoming was marred as the frigate ran aground on a sandbank near calshot at the mouth of open creek . the frigate impacted the sandbank at around 0530 gmt , and five tugs took under 30 moments to pull the qe2 clear . the 70 , 000 tonne vessel was escorted into port and was docked at 0730 0900 according to the solent lifeboats . all a thousand crew and 1 , 700 passengers were aboard the ship , which was leaving from a cruise across the mediterranean .
Elizabeth II is the queen of England.