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| The QE2 temporarily ran aground coming into Southampton on its farewell call at its home port, owner Cunard has confirmed. | |
| The liner hit trouble at Brambles Turn near Calshot with three tugs attached to its stern. A fourth tug was trying to secure a line to the ship's bow. | |
| Eyewitnesses suggested it may have been blown off course by strong winds. | |
| Shortly afterwards it was thought the vessel had started to move slowly to Southampton. | |
| Thousands of people were due to line Southampton Water to wave it off on its final ever call. | |
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| The Duke of Edinburgh will lead the farewells, which include fireworks and a fly-past. | |
| The 40-year-old liner is being taken out of service next month and turned into a floating hotel in Dubai. | |
| It will be Prince Philip's seventh visit to the vessel, which was launched by the Queen on Clydebank, near Glasgow, in September 1967. | |
| The QE2 is expected to leave Southampton Docks at 1915 GMT. | |
| Well-wishers are being advised to arrive early to catch a glimpse of the liner. Extra bus and ferry services will be provided. | |
| At 1100 GMT, a million poppies will be dropped from a Tiger Moth aircraft over the QE2 to mark the 90th anniversary of the Armistice. | |
| Following a two-minute silence, Prince Philip will meet crew members who travelled on the QE2 when it was used as a troop ship in the Falklands War. | |
| After the QE2 slips its moorings for the last time from its home port, a pre-recorded message from its master, Captain Ian McNaught, will be broadcast on a specially-erected screen in Southampton's Mayflower Park. | |
| The liner has sailed nearly six million nautical miles, gone around the world 25 times, crossed the Atlantic more than 800 times and carried more than 2.5 million passengers. | |
| The QE2 will be handed over to the Nakheel company, part of Dubai World, when it reaches Dubai on 26 November. | |
| The firm is behind the Palm Jumeirah, the largest man-made island in the world. | |
| Over the next few months the ship will be refurbished before taking up a permanent docking on a berth on the Palm Jumeirah. |