 The following day, the "New York Times" and "The Times" of London printed the name as "Queen Elizabeth II", the short form of written style of the monarch.However, when the liner left the shipyard in 1968 she bore the name "Queen Elizabeth 2" on her bow, and has continued to do so ever since.In an authorised history of "Queen Elizabeth 2" published in 1969, various explanations of events occur.