NATO: a British aircraft carrier withdraws from an exercise, the departure of the second delayed. HMS Prince of Wales had to postpone its departure for unknown reasons.

It is to replace HMS Queen Elizabeth, which had to abandon the ship due to damage. This delay, like the cancellation of the Queen Elizabeth's departure, is seen as a humiliation across the Atlantic. It comes only 18 months after the aircraft carrier suffered a breakdown off the Isle of Wight, for a problem similar to that of theQueen Elizabeth.