Experienced superyacht owner, Sir Donald Gosling, is understood to have left a sum of £50m in his will to help pay for a new UK royal yacht. Sir Donald, who founded National Car Parks (NCP), died in September at the age of 90. Silver Goose served Sir Gosling for most of the 1960s Sir Donald was the owner of Leander G until the yacht was sold in 2016 Sir Donald Gosling Obituary: Remembering the Superyacht Owner Born in March 1929, Gosling became infatuated with boats and ships during his childhood. Sir Donald Gosling joined the Royal Navy towards the end of the Second World War in 1944 and served in the Mediterranean on the light cruiser HMS Leander. Sir Donald Gosling, a British businessman and longtime benefactor of the British Royal Navy who named his superyacht after a World War II warship, died on September 9. Gosling was knighted in the 1976 Resignation Honours List and appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 2004 New Year Honours for services to The Duke of Edinburgh's Award and the Outward Bound Trust. Sophie, Countess of Wessex and Prince Edward also appreciated the support for Sir Donald, who’s thought to have left 50million in his will into the Royal Family, that will be placed towards a strategy to commission a new Royal Yacht. I think it’s pretty disgusting, to be honest. Among his … The 6000 tonne Forward section of HMS Queen Elizabeth is towed from Portsmouth Harbour, UK, past Sir Donald Gosslings' yacht 'leander'. An enormously rich man left £50m to one of the richest and most privileged women in the world. The 6000 tonne Forward section of HMS Queen Elizabeth is towed from Portsmouth Harbour, UK, past Sir Donald Gosslings' yacht 'leander'. Sir Donald Gosling backed the idea of replacing the old royal yacht Yet now the Commons has agreed to debate whether there should be a new national yacht, with Tory MP Jake Berry … Sir Donald Gosling Will Leaves $66 Million To Pay For New Royal Yacht December 16, 2019 Daily News Europe and MENA Top Stories Senior members of the royal family gathered to pay tribute to Sir Donald Gosling as it emerged that he reportedly left £50 million in his will to pay for a royal yacht. His interests included yachting and he owned the motor yacht Leander G until she was sold in February 2016. ONE of the largest yachts in the world has just docked in the UK - and is now on the market. Sir Donald Gosling, the founder of National Car Parks, died in September aged 90. Elizabeth Gertrude -– Sir Donald Gosling'’s first yacht -– laid up at a Thames quay. You can buy the Leander G for a cool £40.4 million, and set sail with 21 of your friends and family. Elizabeth Gertrude - Sir Donald Gosling's first yacht -laid up at a Thames quay Chief executive of Lürssen Yachts, Peter Lürssen, described Sir Donald as “a true yachting gentleman with an extraordinary presence.” A Second World War veteran, Sir Donald served briefly in … Sir Donald Gosling during his installation ceremony in Windsor Castle in 2012 (Image: PA Archive/PA Images) He loaned his own luxury yacht Leander - named after the wartime cruiser he … A friend of the Royal Family has left them £50 million in his will, in order to replace the Royal Yacht Britannia, which was decommissioned in 1997. The section of the new aircraft carrier has been built by BAE in Portsmouth and will be Towed to Rosyth in Scotland where the ship is being assembled. The section of the new aircraft carrier has been built by BAE in Portsmouth and will be Towed to Rosyth in Scotland where the ship is being assembled. He joined the Royal Navy toward the end of World War II, in 1944. He was 90 years old.