 The book also surmises that the naming of the liner after the reigning monarch, in the form Queen Elizabeth II, was potentially offensive to some Scots, as the title of Queen Elizabeth II (of the United Kingdom) relates to the lineage of the throne of England (the Tudor monarch Elizabeth I having reigned only in England).In a later account by Ronald Warwick, who was the son of William "Bil" Warwick and the first master of "QE2", Warwick junior himself was also later in his Cunard career a master of the "QE2" and latterly the first captain of "QM2" supports the account that the Queen initiated the surprise move of naming the liner after herself rather than simply Queen Elizabeth as had originally been planned (the name having been made vacant by the retirement of the current liner before the new one was commissioned).The name had been given to the Queen in a sealed envelope which she didn't open.