Princess Cruises
On 15 March 2011, the name of the first Royal-class vessel was officially announced as Royal Princess.[15] It is the third ship in Princess fleet to carry this name after the last ship left in May 2011. The ship was officially handed over to Princess on 30 May 2013 and christened by Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge on 13 June 2013.[16]
On 28 August 2012, Princess announced that the sister ship to the new Royal Princess would be named Regal Princess.[17] the second ship to have carried that name for Princess. She was delivered to Princess on 11 May 2014[18] and christened by the original cast of The Love Boat on 5 November 2014.[19]
On 9 October 2015, the third vessel's name, Majestic Princess, was announced.[9] She was originally designed to be purpose-built for the Chinese market and homeported in Shanghai year-round.[9] She was delivered on 30 March 2017[20] and christened by Yao Ming and Ye Li on 9 July 2017.[21]
On 30 November 2017, Princess announced that the name of the fourth Royal-class vessel would be Sky Princess, the second ship to have carried that name for Princess.[22] She was delivered on 15 October 2019[23] and christened by NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy Captain Kay Hire and NASA engineer Poppy Northcutt on 7 December 2019.[24]
On 20 August 2018, the fifth Royal-class vessel was announced as Enchanted Princess.[25] Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, she had been scheduled to debut on 15 June 2020.[25]
On 4 October 2019, Princess revealed that the sixth and final Royal-class vessel would be named Discovery Princess, which was scheduled to begin operating in November 2021.[26]
