11 vintage photos of celebrities, politicians, and royals on yachts

• Yachts have long been associated with both Hollywood royalty and actual royalty. 
• Actress Elizabeth Taylor owned a yacht named Kalizma, which her husband Richard Burton bought for her in 1967, according to the yacht’s website. 
• The British royal family used to take vacations on the Royal Yacht Britannia, before the yacht went out of service in 1997. 
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From Elizabeth Taylor lounging around in the French Riviera, to actress Sophia Loren posing with a picturesque ocean backdrop, it is a truth universally acknowledged that any celebrity in possession of fame and fortune, must be pictured aboard a yacht in Saint-Tropez.

But celebrities aren’t the only ones who love cruising through the Mediterranean.

Politicians, kings, and queens have also been spotted sailing in style around the world. For example, the British royal family used to take frequent vacations aboard their former charter, Royal Yacht Britannia, and even actress Grace Kelly was photographed on a yacht with fiancé Prince Rainier III of Monaco days before their wedding.

Yachting has always been associated not just with Hollywood jet-setters but also the world’s most powerful elite. 

Here are a few vintage photos of some very famous faces lounging aboard some very big yachts.

Charlie Chaplin (far right) and his third wife (second from right), Paulette Goddard, on the yacht Invader to Catalina Island in 1934 with fellow actors Franklyn Ardell and Norma Shearer.

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Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall on a yacht circa 1955, two years before his death.

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Prince Rainier III of Monaco and his fiancee Grace Kelly on the yacht Deo Juvante II in 1956, days before their wedding ceremony.

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President Dwight. D. Eisenhower with the president of Mexico, Adolfo Lopez Mateo, aboard the Mexican presidential yacht during a visit in 1959.

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John F. Kennedy on the presidential yacht in 1961 with Harold MacMillan.

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Jackie Kennedy Onassis, then the first lady of the US, on the presidential motor yacht Honey Fitz in 1963 with her daughter, Caroline.

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Actress Sophia Loren on a yacht in 1965.

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Frank Sinatra with Mia Farrow aboard the yacht Southern Breeze in 1965, a year before they got married.

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The Rolling Stones cruise along New York Harbor in 1966.

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Actress Elizabeth Taylor on her yacht moored on the river Thames in 1969.

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Diana, Princess of Wales, on a yacht of Spain’s King Juan Carlos I in 1990.

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