This week, it was claimed that King Charles III had personally intervened in the naming of a new Royal Navy submarine which had been agreed under his mother Queen Elizabeth II. The vessel – an ...

The controversial move not use the name Agincourt began more than a year ago, amid suspected concerns it would offend Nato ...

The decision to rename the Royal Navy’s HMS Agincourt to HMS Achilles has sparked considerable debate, and rightly so. It feels like an unnecessary act of self-censorship, bending over backwards to ...

The name was changed to HMS Achilles reportedly over concerns that the original may have offended the French.

Royal Navy chiefs have come under fire for dropping plans to name a new attack submarine after a battle in which England ...