Royal Princess & Marco Polo

Early morning joggers out at Jerbourg would have had a shock this morning when the Royal Princess appeared from around the headland. One of the larger liners to visit Guernsey this year, she left Fort Lauderdale in Florida at the end of April before arriving in Southampton on Liberation Day, May 9th. She arrived in Guernsey as part of her 12 day British Isles cruise.

Following her to the anchorage on Sunday was the Marco Polo which was also on a British Isles cruise. She arrived from Tresco, having left Tilbury on the 3rd May. The change in design and the comparative size is shown as the Marco Polo arrived for a full day visit.

If guests from the liners made it as far as Sark they would have found out that May 10th is Sark's Liberation Day, the day she was freed from enemy occupation at the end of World War II.  This is a day later than Guernsey and Jersey. A contingent of Chelsea Pensioners, Ghurkas and sailors from HMS Daring and HMS Northumberland were in the island for the 70th anniversary service at Creux Harbour. A plaque was unveiled on the harbour wall by Mrs Nellie Le Feuvre, the last remaining deportee living on Sark.