Queen Elizabeth II Takes to the Seas at Start of Golden Jubilee Tour (2002)

On 1 May 2002, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visited the National Maritime Museum in Falmouth, Cornwall, beginning a tour of the country to mark the monarch s Golden Jubilee. There, she met crewmen of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), before naming and launching a new lifeboat, RNLB Richard Cox Scott, and boarding the vessel for its maiden voyage. , QueenElizabethII, ElizabethII, QueenElizabeth, PrincePhilip, DukeOfEdinburgh, RoyalFamily, GoldenJubilee To search the ITN Archive collection on Getty Images, follow the link below: Subscribe to our YouTube channel (tap the bell icon and stay up to date with all the latest ITN Archive videos ) Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook Check out our TikTok