page_title: Royal yacht
section_title: United Kingdom
hierarchical_section_title: Royal yacht / Yachts by country / United Kingdom
caption_attribution_description: Painting of HMY Victoria and Albert II
context_page_description: A royal yacht is a ship used by a monarch or a royal family. If the monarch is an emperor the proper term is imperial yacht. Most of them are financed by the government of the country of which the monarch is head. The royal yacht is most often manned by personnel from the navy and used by the monarch and his/her family on both private and official travels.
context_section_description: The United Kingdom has had 83 royal yachts since the restoration of King Charles II in 1660. Charles II himself had 25 royal yachts, while five were simultaneously in service in 1831. Since the decommissioning of Britannia in 1997 the Queen no longer has a royal yacht. She has since, on occasion, chartered other vessels, such as MV Hebridean Princess and [Yacht Leander].
caption: A painting of HMY Victoria and Albert also used as the basis for El Horria
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