Sitting in a resplendent drawing room at Minterne House in Dorset during MSC Virtuosa’s first shore excursion on Saturday (22 May), I’m hearing how the home’s ancestral owners, the Digby family, helped Admiral Nelson to an unlikely victory during the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
Outgunned and pitted against unfavourable odds, innovation and resilience were used to triumph.
To me, the story was incredibly apt given Virtuosa’s launch and MSC Cruises’ return during the first cruise voyage from the UK for more than 400 days.
