The Queen has commissioned the Hebridean Princess to celebrate her 80th birthday in style with a cruise around the Western Isles of Scotland. She has turned down the chance of a Caribbean holiday in favour of the wilder Scottish coastline she loves, but is rumoured to be forking out £125,000 of her private fortune for the privilege.
Luxury cruises are no longer merely the domain of the very rich and very famous however with a raft of cheap cruises, and christmas cruises now available.
