Picture special: Welcome fit for a Queen as £3bn aircraft carrier comes home

The HMS Queen Elizabeth, the UK's newest aircraft carrier, sails past the Spinnaker Tower as she arrives in Portsmouth this morning. Picture: LPhot Dan Rosenbaum/Royal Navy/PA WireThe HMS Queen Elizabeth, the UK's newest aircraft carrier, sails past the Spinnaker Tower as she arrives in Portsmouth this morning. Picture: LPhot Dan Rosenbaum/Royal Navy/PA Wire
The HMS Queen Elizabeth, the UK's newest aircraft carrier, sails past the Spinnaker Tower as she arrives in Portsmouth this morning. Picture: LPhot Dan Rosenbaum/Royal Navy/PA Wire
Tens of thousands of people have lined the walls of Portsmouth Harbour to welcome the UK's £3 billion aircraft carrier which has berthed at its home port for the first time.

It was truly an incredible sight.