Going to sea with celebs

COMPARED to flying, cruising on ocean liners has always been associated with a kind of old world glamour.

Just think of the black-and-white footage of Greta Garbo on the Swedish American Line's MS Gripsholm - in fur coat and cloche hat, dabbing at her eyes with a white handkerchief, waving it at the crowd that had come to see her departing Gothenburg.

In more recent times, Mick Jagger, David Bowie and Twiggy have all made transatlantic journeys on the Queen Mary 2.