Editing Queen Elizabeth 2 (section)

===Interiors===
''Queen Elizabeth 2''{{'}}s interior configuration was originally designed for segregated two-class Atlantic crossings.  It was laid out in a horizontal fashion, similar to ''France'', where the spaces dedicated to the two classes were spread on specific decks, in contrast to the deck-spanning vertical class divisions of older liners. Where ''QE2'' differed from ''France'' in having only two classes of service, with  the upper deck dedicated to tourist class and the quarter deck beneath it to first-class. Each had its own main lounge.

Another modern variation was providing tourist class with a grand two-story main ballroom, called the Double Room (later the Grand Lounge), created by opening a well in the deck between what were to have been the second and third class lounges in the ship's original three class design. This too was unconventional in that it designated a grander space for tourist class passengers than first class, who gathered in the standard height Queen's Room. The First-class was given the theatre balcony on Boat Deck, and tourist class the orchestra level on Upper Deck.

Over the span of her thirty-nine-year seagoing career, ''QE2'' received a number of interior refits and alterations.

The year ''QE2'' entered service, 1969, [[Apollo 11]] landed on the Moon, the [[Concorde]] prototype was unveiled, and the [[Boeing 747]] first took flight. In keeping with those technology influenced times, Cunard abandoned the  [[Art Deco]] interiors of the previous ''Queens'' in favor of everyday modern materials like [[Laminate|laminates]], aluminium and [[Perspex]]. The public rooms featured glass, stainless steel, dark carpeting and sea green leather.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The New Cunard Queens: Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth 2 |last=Schwerdtner|first=Nils |publisher=Seaforth Publishing|year=2008|isbn=978-1-84832-010-9|pages=27–28}}</ref> Furniture was modular, and [[abstract art]] was used throughout public rooms and cabins.

[[Dennis Lennon]] was responsible for co-ordinating the interior design, assisted by [[Jon Bannenberg]] and [[Gaby Schreiber]]; his original designs only remained intact for three years.<ref name="scotsman.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/art/sixties-splendour-revived-as-exhibition-celebrates-qe2-formica-fest-1-4687051|title=Sixties splendour revived as exhibition celebrates QE2 Formica fest|website=www.scotsman.com|date=11 February 2018 |access-date=5 March 2019}}</ref>

The Midships Lobby on Two Deck, where first-class passengers boarded for transatlantic journeys and all passengers boarded for cruises, was a circular room with a sunken seating area in the centre with green leather-clad banquettes surrounded by a chrome railing. In the centre was a flared, white, trumpet-shaped, lighted column.

The Theatre Bar on Upper Deck featured red chairs, red drapes, a red egg crate fibreglass screen, and even a red baby [[grand piano]]. Some more traditional materials like wood veneer were used as highlights throughout the ship, especially in passenger corridors and staterooms. There was also an Observation Bar on Quarter Deck, a successor to its namesake, located in a similar location, on both previous ''Queens'', which offered views through large windows over the ship's bow. The ''QE2''{{'}}s 1972 refit plated over the windows and turned the room into galley space.

Almost all of the remaining original decor was replaced in the 1994 refit, with Cunard opting to use the line's traditional ocean liners as inspiration. The green velvet and leather Midships Bar became the [[Art Deco]] inspired Chart Room, receiving an original, custom-designed piano from ''Queen Mary''. The (by then) blue dominated Theatre Bar was transformed into the traditional [[Edwardian period|Edwardian]]-themed Golden Lion Pub.

Some original elements were retained, including the flared columns in the Queen's Room and Mid-Ships Lobby. The Queen's Room's indirect ceiling lighting was replaced with uplighters which reversed the original light airy effect by illuminating the lowered ceiling and leaving shadows in the ceiling's slot.

By the time of ''QE2's'' retirement, the ship's synagogue was the only room that had remained unaltered since 1969.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://members.tripod.com/~Tziper/today.htm | title=Queen Elizabeth 2: Today |publisher=Members.tripod.com |access-date=14 July 2010}}</ref> However it was reported that during ''QE2''{{'}}s 22 October five-night voyage, the synagogue was dismantled and removed from the ship before her final sailing to Dubai.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.travelserver.net/travelpage/ubb-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=004606 |title=Cruise Talk&nbsp;– Topic: QE2's Synagogue dismantled |publisher=Travelserver.net |access-date=14 July 2010}}</ref>