THE Queen is to name the Queen Mary 2, the Daily Echo can reveal today.

The naming ceremony of the £550m liner - the world's biggest - will take place in Southampton on January 8.

Tens of thousands of people will see the Cunard ship at the port of Southampton.

She is due to arrive from her French shipyard at St Nazaire on Boxing Day.

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