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In the Elizabethan era, would the royalty have sailed much, other than to attend oversea weddings?

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Most European monarchs had their own ships, whose size and opulence were a statement of power and prestige. Living on an island, sailing was the only method for English royalty to interact with other nobility. Crossing the channel to and from France was something of a banality at that time. 

It would be fair to say royalty had more reason and access to sail than the commoner of the times. 

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