HMS Prince of Wales leaves Portsmouth ahead of major North Sea exercises

F-35B Lightning jets will embark on the carrier.

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People look out from Hotwalls beach as the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales sets sail (Andrew Matthews/PA)

A 65,000-tonne British warship which carries fighter jets has left Portsmouth ahead of major exercises in the North Sea.

People gathered to see HMS Prince of Wales leaving the port city on Saturday morning for a critical autumn training programme – which includes the Exercise Strike Warrior, off the Scottish coast.