LONDON – All four boats have had their moment in the sun. And all four were meant to have another on Friday as Britain celebrated the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day.
Instead, they're lying idle on the banks of the River Thames in southwest London, as the festivities surrounding VE Day have been all but canceled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
For brothers Danny and John Collier, the proud owners of the Princess Freda, the Queen Elizabeth, the Connaught and the Clifton Castle, it’s nothing less than a disaster, one that could spell the demise of the company their late father created in 1975. “I’m very fearful," Danny Collier told The Associated Press aboard the Princess Freda on Friday. “We operate from March to October