23-Jul-2006  (yacht cruise)

• 'Queen sets sail on Isles cruise (ic Lanarkshire)
The Queen has begun a week-long cruise around the Western Isles. The monarch has chartered a luxury ship, the Hebridean Princess, to celebrate her 80th birthday with her family.
• 'LIFE ON THE ROYAL WAVES (Daily Record)
THE Queen dressed down for the start of her 80th birthday cruise around the Western Isles yesterday. She wore trousers and a headscarf when she arrived at Port Ellen on Islay to board the Hebridean Princess.
• 'Queen on summer Scottish island cruise (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Queen Elizabeth II has begun a week-long cruise around Scotland's Western Isles as part of her 80th birthday year holiday.
• 'How Queen tried (and failed) to hire a CalMac ferry for birthday cruise (The Scotsman)
WHEN it comes to her birthday celebrations, we could forgive the Queen for wanting to splash out.
• 'Pamela To Wed, Carmen And Dave In Separate Beds (AskMen)
Suri Cruise might still be invisible, but the celebrity world must keep spinning. And spin it did, as a bevy of lovers and haters emerged from the sparkled spotlight this week -- from engagements to divorces, Hollywood?s big incestuous circle never fails to disappoint the masses.