Fact Slap 👋 Today in 1967, the Cunard Liner RMS QUEEN MARY departs from Southampton for the very last time and the last time she would ever be in British waters. She is bound for California and a permanent berth in Long Beach as a floating hotel at a cost of £1.2million which was more than a Japanese Scrap Yard. Making the trip are 1,093 passengers and 806 crew for the voyage around Cape Horn and up the Pacific coast. As she departs, she is played away from the jetty by The Band of the Royal Ma