Britannia

The £1,000 coin is made from solid fine gold

The Royal Mint has launched a £1,000 coin - and it's really not cheap

P&O Cruises Britannia at sea

How you can enjoy the Balearics with P&O Cruises

Based in Southampton, P&O Cruises offer trips around the world. Pictured is an Excellence-class cruise ship, MS Iona for illustrative purposes.

P&O cruise ship collides with freight vessel during Mallorca storms

We'll Have Nun Of It.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe musicals reviews: We’ll Have Nun Of It + more

Netflix’s The Crown theme remixed by London pioneers Faithless

Picture perfect: the magic of Es Vedrà by sunset

A kaleidoscope of epic Balearic adventures ahoy with P&O Cruises

Watch as pancakes fit for The Queen are served

The majestic Hadrian's Wall (photo: English Heritage)

Celebrating 1900 years of stunning monument in Northern England that is Hadrian’...

The best and worst hotel chains in the UK - with Premier Inn topping the list

Sandra Oh in the academia satire The Chair

The Chair can do cerebral and silly and is hilarious at both

Beautiful Britannia back where she belongs.

P&O Cruises' Britannia is back at sea and it’s the same carefree cruising holida...

An artist's impression of a new national flagship, the successor to the Royal Yacht Britannia, which Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said will promote British trade and industry around the world. Picture: 10 Downing Street/PA Wire

New 'Duke of Edinburgh' national ship to promote Britain around world, says PM

Proms to welcome back audiences and Rule, Britannia! to the Royal Albert Hall

P&O has announced that passengers holidaying on its cruises this summer will have to be fully vaccinated against Covid first (Photo: Shutterstock)

P&O says cruise passengers must be fully vaccinated against Covid before travel

Boris Johnson needs to stop the bluster and ensure he gets a trade deal with the EU or swallow his pride and delay the end of the transition period (Picture: Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images)

UK must get Brexit trade deal or delay end of transition – Scotsman comment

The new gold bullion coin which can be authenticated as genuine by moving it in the light.

Royal Mint reveals intricate anti-counterfeit measures for new coins

Police guard the boxed statue of Churchill in Parliament Square, London. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Dani Garavelli: Johnson can’t put hunger for change back in its box

These are the best and worst hotel chains in the UK according to a Which? consumer survey.

These are the best and worst hotel chains in Britain according to customers

These are the best and worst hotel chains in Britain according to customers

Theresa May dances onto the stage at the Conservative party conference to the tune of Abba's Dancing Queen (Picture: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images)

Leader comment: May and Juncker audition for Strictly

Thomas Telford's Crinan Canal, described as Britain's most beautiful shortcut, was built in 1801. (Picture: Allan Milligan)

Leader comment: The wonderful tales Scotland must tell

Theresa May, seen waving a Union Jack during a visit to Bangalore, India, insists Brexit can be a success, for example by enabling the UK to make its own trade deals with other countries. (Picture: Getty)

Joyce McMillan: Britannia's sad procession towards Brexit

Troy: Fall of a City is a brooding but bloodless BBC epic

Britannia review: Game of Thrones' weird, preposterous little brother

Zoe Wanamaker as Queen Antedia. Picture: PA Photo/Sky UK Ltd.

Britannia '˜set to become the next Game of Thrones'

Built in the famous John Brown shipyard in Clydebank in 1953, Britannia has been a floating visitor attraction since it berthed in the Port of Leith 18 years ago.
Picture: Ian Rutherford

Britannia rules again with record number of visitors

The lady's not for clothing: The sculpture of Margaret Thatcher by Marcus Harvey. Picture: Getty Images

Nude Margaret Thatcher sculpture unveiled by artist

The Duke of Edinburgh in Edinburgh. Picture:

Neil Hanna

15 of the Duke of Edinburgh's most controversial comments

TheRoyal Mint's first ever £50 coin which also has a face value for the same amount. Picture: PA

Royal Mint produces Britain’s first £50 ‘face value’ coin

Queen Elizabeth II visit to Aberdeen - The arrival of Royal Yacht Britannia
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The day Royal Yacht Britannia first set sail

The luxury liner Britannia. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Massive cruise ship Britannia sails into Forth

Gold has been considered a good bet compared to other investments but even its value has fluctuated amid economic storms. Picture: AFP/Getty

Consumers offered chance to buy Royal Mint gold

Cruising holidays are for young families as well as the newly wed or nearly dead. Picture: Getty

Scots shell out most for cruise ship holidays

Hannah Dress, Iona Crawford. Picture: Contributed

Scots fashion talent converges at Ocean Terminal

Britannia chief on board for new role

The Mint wants to simplify the buying and selling of gold

Royal Mint hopes to start a new gold rush

A record number of cruise ships have visited Orkney, boosting the island's economy. Picture: PA

Cruise ships give Orkney economy £3m boost

UK independent

Martin Flanagan

Comment: No Co–op Bank credit where no credit is due

Andrew Bailey came under fire from two directions yesterday. Picture: Getty

Britannia and Levene hit out at regulator’s claims

Tearful farewell

Anorak: Stoke looking good to rule at Britannia
TONY Pulis has established Stoke City as a mid-table side since they were promoted six years ago, but this season they haven’t managed to reach those heights an...

Separate ways

John Gibson: Bring Ark Royal up to Leith

Locals battle to ‘save’ Little Bernera from National Trust for Scotland

Romans and Irish brought the religion  to Scotland

Britannia waves off the ‘Yotties’ as Queen’s crew prepares to revisit some past ...

Classical review: RSNO, Edinburgh Usher Hall

Interview: Stéphane Denève, musical director of RSNO

Britannia still rules the waves after revamp

All aboard the Britannia after major spruce up

Britannia returns to its moorings

No Diamond Jubilee yacht for Queen, says David Cameron

Britannia ship-shape after door repair

Action stations as Britannia springs leak

Britannia will close for repair work

The Scotsman Top Stories

Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries