Sorry fallmonk I now disagree. Think they missed the boat by about 13 odd years. We talked about this as a crew at that time, we that then served RN. In fact in "The Officer" magazine it was well laid out how it could be done.
Times move on. We haven't the RN paid staff, and I don't think the public taxpaying voter would wear the cost. In my drink I thought it could maybe still do it if RN trained SME took charge of young British kids as some sort of training ship with a spin off with transporting the Royal Family....
Its not going to happen. No of us really deserve it... least the Royal Family, less even the RN. The country is in a different place and moving into a new time, even I see it.
Apologies for the bile. Age, drink and at times anger make me so.