QE2 liner is home for US widow

A US widow has told how she had made the QE2 her permanent home for the last 20 months.

A US widow has told how she had made the QE2 her permanent home for the last 20 months.

Ms Beatrice Muller (82) moved into the luxury liner's fourth deck after she was widowed and decided it was better value than living in a retirement home.

This week Ms Muller chalked up her 30th crossing of the Atlantic when the Cunard liner berthed in New York. "It's enough for me. I have everything I need here," she said.

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