The Royal Family are known for keeping a calm and composed exterior. However even royalty have been known to shed a tear in public during difficult times...The Queen Her Majesty cried in public in December 1997, Portsmouth, when HMY Britannia was decommissioned.The Queen, dressed in a red ensemble, was seen wiping a tear from her cheek when she said goodbye to the Royal Yacht Britannia which had served the family for 43 years.