Queen's 'canny' reason for turning down Royal Yacht tribute to Prince Philip revealed

The royal biographer has discussed the Queen's decision not to have the UK's new Brexit flagship named after her late husband Prince Philip. Boris Johnson has been under pressure to name the new £200 million vessels in honour of the Duke of Edinburgh. However, Ms Levin explained that Buckingham Palace's decision not to back the tribute sends a very clear signal about the priorities of the Royal Family. Royal expert Angela Levin told TalkRADIO: "Firstly the Royal Family wasn't involved at all in how it was built and how it was constructed. "And I think to be suddenly given the opportunity to have it named after her husband she would have wanted to be involved to make sure it was something he approved of. "Because he was of course outstanding when he was in the Navy. "Secondly I think this is quite a canny decision because the comment from Buckingham Palace has been that it is too grand and I think this absolutely signals that the Royal Family know they need to be careful with their spending." Ms Levin continued: "If it was assumed that they were spending this or the country was spending £200 million to give them a boat with called after Prince Phillip...