A functioning aircraft carrier certainly would be handy in the case of some rogue nation seizing your embassy, but not that it would ever happen nowadays.... - ummm, err, yeah.
LOL, some must learn lessons the hard way.
Agreed. The chances of THAT happening are almost as remote as some quack doctor being blamed for Michael Jackson’s suicide...
Well, HMS Illustrious is still in service, but it seems she no longer embarks Harriers. Dunno what the big idea is, but the boffins at MOD UK, those cheerful civil servants, seem to be on an all stops pulled out mission to destroy the UK military.