Must say most of QE looks impressive, but the bow is far from elegant is it? Not really important, but a shame. No matter how much they justify the savings in cost as a result, no self respecting Naval Architect can really feel proud of that bow.
Looking at the video of the overhead helicopter footage around the basin - how does it get out? It looks much too big for the double lock gates of the basin! Is there a basic set of single lock gates it will use instead, but only at a certain tide?