Editing RMS Queen Elizabeth (section)

==In fiction==
In 1959, the ship made an appearance in the British satirical comedy film ''[[The Mouse That Roared (film)|The Mouse That Roared]]'', starring [[Peter Sellers]] and [[Jean Seberg]]. While a troupe of invading men from "[[Grand Fenwick]]", a fictional European micro-nation, cross the Atlantic to 'war' with the United States, they meet and pass the far larger ''Queen Elizabeth'', and learn that the port of New York is closed due to an air raid drill.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Mouse That Roared (1959) Trivia |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053084/trivia?item=tr2461151 |website=IMDB |publisher=IMDB.com |access-date=28 June 2019}}</ref>

[[Ian Fleming]] set the climax to his 1956 [[James Bond]] novel ''[[Diamonds Are Forever (novel)|Diamonds Are Forever]]'' on ''Queen Elizabeth''. The 1971 [[Diamonds Are Forever (film)|film version starring Connery]] used the [[P&O (company)|P&O]] liner {{ship|SS|Canberra||6}} for the sequence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.poheritage.com/the-collection/galleries/Posters/Cruising/CANBERRA---The-James-Bond-Ship|title=CANBERRA - The James Bond Ship - Cruising - Posters - P&O Collection|website=www.poheritage.com}}</ref>

The wreck was featured in the 1974 [[Production of the James Bond films|James Bond film]] ''[[The Man with the Golden Gun (film)|The Man with the Golden Gun]]'', as a covert headquarters for [[MI6]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cruiseserver.net/travelpage/ships/cu_qe.asp |title=RMS ''Queen Elizabeth'' |access-date=5 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2012/oct/03/favourite-bond-man-golden-gun |title=My favourite Bond film: ''The Man with the Golden Gun'' |author=Hann, Michael |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=3 October 2012 |access-date=5 March 2015}}</ref>