Editing Robert Falcon Scott (section)

=== Popular hero ===
[[File:Robert Falcon Scott by Daniel Albert Wehrschmidt 1905.jpg|thumbnail|Scott pictured by [[Daniel A. Wehrschmidt]], 1905]]
''Discovery'' returned to Britain in September 1904. The expedition had caught the public imagination, and Scott became a popular hero. He was awarded a cluster of honours and medals, including many from overseas, and was promoted to the rank of [[Captain (Royal Navy)|captain]].{{sfn|Crane|2005|p=309}} He was invited to [[Balmoral Castle]], and King [[Edward VII]] promoted him to Commander of the [[Royal Victorian Order]].{{sfn|Preston|1999|pp=83–84}}<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27729 |date=1 November 1904 |page=7023}}</ref>

Scott's next few years were crowded. For more than a year he was occupied with public receptions, lectures and the writing of the expedition record, ''The Voyage of the Discovery''. In January 1906, he resumed his full-time naval career, first as an assistant director of [[Naval Intelligence]] at the [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]] and, in August, as [[flag-captain]] to Rear-Admiral Sir George Egerton on {{HMS|Victorious|1895|6}}.{{sfn|Preston|1999|p=86}} He was now moving in ever more exalted social circles—a telegram to Markham in February 1907 refers to meetings with Queen [[Amélie of Orléans]] and [[Luis Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal]], and a later letter home reports lunching with the Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet and [[Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929)|Prince Heinrich of Prussia]]. The telegram related to a collision involving Scott's ship, {{HMS|Albemarle|1901|6}}. Scott was cleared of blame.{{sfn|Crane|2005|p=334}} {{HMS|Albemarle|1901|6}}, a battleship commanded by Scott, collided with the battleship {{HMS|Commonwealth|1903|6}} on 11 February 1907, suffering minor bow damage.<ref>Burt 1988, p. 211.</ref>