Nick Wilson on duty on the bridge of the QE2

Nineteen-year-old Nick, of Malvern, who left school 18 months ago to join Cunard’s parent company Carnival PLC, spent his maiden voyage on the QE2. He has now just returned to college in Hampshire and is due to rejoin the QE2 in July. He was one of only three Engineering Officer Cadets chosen by the company to take part in the Queen Victoria naming ceremony in Southampton, when the Duchess of Cornwall launched the ship, accompanied by her husband, Prince Charles. “I was given the responsibility for taking the VIPs round the ship and answering their questions. It was a real honour to be chosen to take part,” said Nick.

Nick was a pupil at Bredon School from the age of three until he was 18. “There’s no doubt that part of the reason Nick was chosen for the ceremony was because he handles himself well and speaks well with confidence – something we attribute to the school. When he was on the QE2 he had to mix with wealthy and influential passengers so how he conducts himself is very important,” said his mother Mary Wilson.

Bredon School is an independent day and boarding school with around 230 boys and girls, set in 84 acres around the historic Pull Court mansion near Tewkesbury. “We are very proud of Nick’s achievements,” said Principal David Keyte. “It has always been important to us at Bredon to build our children’s self-confidence and self-belief. We place a very high value on personal qualities as well as academic results,” he added.

Nick is following a family tradition – his father William worked for P&O 30 years ago and met Nick’s mother, while he was working and she was on a cruise with her parents. “We were very proud to learn that Nick had been chosen. He always wanted to join the Merchant Navy and to follow in his father’s footstep,” said Mary.

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