The Best of Britain: Celebrate Road Scholar’s 40th Anniversary Aboard the QM2
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- Get an in-depth look at MI5 with intelligence expert Nigel West, and explore the role of spies in fiction and in politics.
- With Royal Editor Robert Jobson and former Royal Protection Officer Ken Wharfe, consider the lives of the new royal family in the 21st century.
- Join diplomat Charles Anson, former Press Secretary to Queen Elizabeth and Margaret Thatcher, as he talks about his career and his experience as a hostage in Iran.
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Meals: Dinner
Accommodation: Millenium Hilton
Afternoon: After making your own way to the New York hotel meet your Group Leader. There will be a welcome meeting and introductions in the hotel at 6:00pm. Meet speakers Nigel West, Robert Jobson, Ken Wharfe and Charles Anson.
Dinner: In New York.
Evening: At leisure.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Queen Mary II.
Breakfast: Your Group Leader will give you vouchers for breakfast in the hotel.
Morning: At leisure.
Lunch: Excluded.
Afternoon: The mandatory shipboard passenger safet...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Queen Mary II.
Breakfast: BRITANNIA RESTAURANT Breakfast CHILLED JUICES Choice of Orange, Grapefruit, Cranberry, Apple, Prune, Pineapple, Tomato, V8 FRESH FRUIT & COMPOTE Half Sectioned Grapefruit Fre...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Queen Mary II.
Breakfast: On board.
Morning: Nigel West continues his look at the role of MI5 at times of crisis with a talk on MI5's Denial of the Assassination of Princess Diana.
Lunch: On...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Queen Mary II.
Breakfast: On board.
Morning: Ken Wharfe talks about his time with Princes William and Harry - who called him "Uncle Ken" - and his travels with Princess Diana.
Lunch: On boar...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Queen Mary II.
Breakfast: On board.
Morning: Ken Wharfe looks at the New Royal Family and Security and What Went Wrong in Paris.
Lunch: On board.
Afternoon: Shipboard activities.
Dinner: On board.
Evening: Shipboard activities.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Queen Mary II.
Breakfast: On board.
Morning: Robert Jobson lectures on the New Monarchy and Historical Examples.
Lunch: On board.
Afternoon: Shipboard activities. Late afternoon, Robert Jobson's talk continues.
Dinner: On board.
Evening: Shipboard activities.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Queen Mary II.
Breakfast: On board.
Morning: Charles Anson talks on his professional life "Working with the Queen of Westminster (Margaret Thatcher) and the Queen of England".
Lunch: On board.
Afternoon: Shipboard activities.
Dinner: On board.
Evening: Shipboard activities.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Queen Mary II.
Breakfast: On board.
Morning: Charles Anson talks about his life in the Diplomatic Service and his time as a hostage at the Embassy in Iran in 1978.
Lunch: On board.
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Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: The May Fair Hotel
Breakfast: Taken early today to faciliate disembarkation.
Morning: Transfer by coach to London.
Lunch: Excluded.
Afternoon: Your time in London is free for independent exploration. P...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Accommodation: The May Fair Hotel
Breakfast: Full English and continental breakfast in the hotel.
Morning: Free day.
Lunch: Excluded.
Afternoon: Free afternoon.
Dinner: Gather with your Group Leader for a farewell dinner.
Evening: At leisure.
Meals: Breakfast
Breakfast: In the hotel. Some departures may leave before breakfast.
Morning: Transfers by private cars to London Heathrow Airport for the return flight home.
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Queen Mary II: 8 nights New York
Millenium Hilton: 1 night New York
The Millenium Hilton hotel is conveniently located in Lower Manhattan right in the heart of New York City’s bustling financial district within easy reach of Wall Street and the Statue of Liberty. The hotel is located just a few steps from the National 9/11 Memorial and is surrounded by the renowned New York neighborhoods of SoHo, Tribeca and Greenwich Village.
The May Fair Hotel: 2 nights London
Set in exclusive Mayfair in the heart of London, the May Fair hotel since its historic opening in 1927 by His Majesty King George V continues to play host to the rich and famous. Within a short distance of the chic areas of Bond Street and Knightsbridge, it is close to Green Park and Buckingham Palace.
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