Monday, May 31, 2010

Trouble in high-profile paradise - Brisbane Times

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Trouble in high-profile paradise
Brisbane Times
She's since discovered the cut-out - of Challis popping a bottle of champagne, taken on a QE2 cruise - is ideal for any celebration. ...

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Trouble in high-profile paradise - Sydney Morning Herald

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Trouble in high-profile paradise
Sydney Morning Herald
She's since discovered the cut-out - of Challis popping a bottle of champagne, taken on a QE2 cruise - is ideal for any celebration. ...

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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

25 Best Boat Name Puns - The L Magazine

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25 Best Boat Name Puns
The L Magazine
We named it the QETOP20, but it proved much too expensive to maintain, staff and run, so we sold it to some cruise company, who shortened the name to QE2, ...

Monday, May 24, 2010

Catching the cruising bug: Hunter Davies takes to the high seas in the Middle East - Daily Mail

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Catching the cruising bug: Hunter Davies takes to the high seas in the Middle East
Daily Mail
In Dubai, we were just another cruise liner arriving, but in Bandar Abbas we were a bit of an event, with crowds on the quayside taking photos of us and ...

RAY ALAN. VOICE OF LORD CHARLES. IS DEAD AGES 79 - Express.co.uk

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RAY ALAN. VOICE OF LORD CHARLES. IS DEAD AGES 79
Express.co.uk
... even performed with Laurel and Hardy in 1954. By the 1970s he was a regular face on TV and in later life entertained thousands of guests on the QE2 liner.

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British ventriloquist Ray Alan dies at age 79 - Wikinews

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British ventriloquist Ray Alan dies at age 79
Wikinews
Later in his career he worked as an entertainer of the QE2 Cruise ship. He stopped work in 2008 due to ill health. Peter Pritchard, Alan's agent for 30 ...

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Ray Alan - Telegraph.co.uk

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Ray Alan
Telegraph.co.uk
Alan's career became more low-key as he moved into the worlds of cruise ship entertainment and corporate events. In recent years he had three thrillers ...

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Sunday, May 23, 2010

Ventriloquist Ray Alan dies - Spoonfed

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Ventriloquist Ray Alan dies
Spoonfed
He was a regular on variety shows for 30 years, and then became a popular cruise ship entertainer, most notably on the QE2. In 2008, he retired from show ...

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Ray Alan dies - Chortle

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Ray Alan dies
Chortle
He was a regular on TV variety shows and panel games into the Eighties, and in later years was a cruise-ship entertainer, working on the QE2. ...

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Saturday, May 22, 2010

A Silversea Middle Eastern cruise holiday from Dubai converts Hunter Davies - Daily Mail

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A Silversea Middle Eastern cruise holiday from Dubai converts Hunter Davies
Daily Mail
In Dubai, we were just another cruise liner arriving, but in Bandar Abbas we were a bit of an event, with crowds on the quayside taking photos of us and ...

Friday, May 21, 2010

The stars come out for the launch of the latest super ships - Vancouver Sun

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The stars come out for the launch of the latest super ships
Vancouver Sun
Queen Elizabeth will replace the QE2. According to the builders, the new liner is positioned to recreate the golden era of cruising and pay tribute to past ...

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Stars are shining day and night - Montreal Gazette

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Stars are shining day and night
Montreal Gazette
Queen Elizabeth will replace the QE2. According to the builders, the new liner is positioned to recreate the golden era of cruising. ...

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Star-studded launches - Ottawa Citizen

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Star-studded launches
Ottawa Citizen
Queen Elizabeth will replace the QE2. According to the builders, the new liner is positioned to recreate the golden era of cruising and pay tribute to past ...

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Man spent stolen will cash on QE2cruise - Coventry Telegraph

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Man spent stolen will cash on QE2cruise
Coventry Telegraph
A will-writer who stole tens of thousands of pounds from a dead man's estate, spending it on a cruise on the QE2 and gambling, has been jailed for two and a ...

Cruise lines bringing out the big names for ship launches - Regina Leader-Post

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Cruise lines bringing out the big names for ship launches
Regina Leader-Post
Queen Elizabeth will replace the QE2. According to the builders, the new liner is positioned to recreate the golden era of cruising and pay tribute to past ...

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