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Princess Cruises Ship Christeners
Past and Present

*Sky Princess
Ginny Ueberroth (wife of Peter Ueberroth, Chief Executive Officer of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles)
March 3, 1984
Los Angeles, CA

*Royal Princess
Princess Diana
Nov. 15, 1984
Southampton, UK

*Star Princess
Audrey Hepburn
March 23, 1989
Fort Lauderdale, FL

*Crown Princess
Sophia Loren
Sept. 25, 1990
New York, NY

*Regal Princess
Margaret Thatcher
Aug. 8, 1991
New York, NY

Sun Princess (2)
Lady Dorothy Sterling (wife of Lord Jeffrey Sterling -- Chairman of P&O)
December 1, 1995
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Dawn Princess (2)
Original Cast of "The Love Boat"
May 8, 1997
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Grand Princess
Olivia de Havilland
September 29, 1998
New York, NY

Sea Princess (2)
Lady Caroline McPhail (wife of Sir Bruce McPhail -- P&O Managing Director)
December 17, 1998
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Re-christened -- Joanna Lumley
May 26, 2005
Southampton, UK

*Ocean Princess
Ali McGraw and Ryan O'Neal
February 16, 2000
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Golden Princess (2)
Merlisa George, Miss US Virgin Islands
April 17, 2002
St. Thomas, USVI

Star Princess (2)
Gunilla Antonini (wife of Dr. Corrado Antonini, executive chairman of Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani)
January 25, 2002
Monfalcone, Italy

Pacific Princess (2)
Gabi Hollows, founding director of Fred Hollows Foundation
December 8, 2002
Sydney, Australia

Tahitian Princess
Madame Tonita Flosse, First Lady of Tahiti
December 24, 2002
Papeete, Tahiti

Coral Princess
Mireya Moscoso, President of Panama
January 17, 2003
In Gatun Locks, Panama Canal

Island Princess (2)
Jaime Sale and David Pelletier, Olympic Gold Medalists
July 11, 2003
Vancouver, BC

Diamond Princess
Yoshiko Tsukuda (wife of Kazuo Tsukuda, president of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)
February 26, 2004
Nagasaki, Japan

Caribbean Princess
Jill Whelan, "Vicki" on "The Love Boat"
April 2, 2004
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Sapphire Princess
Nancy Murkowski, First Lady of Alaska
June 10, 2004
Seattle, WA

Crown Princess (2)
Martha Stewart
June 14, 2006
Brooklyn, NY

Emerald Princess
Florence Henderson, Marion Ross, Erin Moran, Susan Olsen
May 13, 2007
Athens (Piraeus), Greece

Royal Princess (2)
Lorraine Arzt (Princess most traveled passenger)
June 14, 2007
Portofino, Italy

Ruby Princess
Trista and Ryan Sutter, "The Bachelorette"
November 6, 2008
Fort Lauderdale, FL

*No longer sailing in Princess fleet