Ever wondered what happened to the QE2? Here she is, seen from a sightseeing seaplane ride we did a little while ago. She’s been moored at Dubai’s Port Rashid since November 2008. Plans to turn the ocean liner into a floating hotel docked beside the Palm Jumeirah unfortunately never came to fruition, but despite sitting idle for more than four years, she has apparently been well looked after by a 38-strong crew.

Departing Dubai’s waters: Her future has been the subject of intense speculation, but it now looks like the world-famous ocean liner is to set sail again – to Asia. A deal has been struck to refit the ship as a 500-room hotel, docked at a port in China.