British entities in the Carnival Corporation & plc group and Royal Caribbean Group have received UK state aid, documents published by the Bank of England show.

Carnival plc received £25 million and RCL Cruises Ltd £300 million in Covid Corporate Finance Facility funding from the British central bank.

Carnival plc is the UK domiciled and listed holding company in the Carnival Corporation & plc group that owns Princess Cruises, P&O Cruises, P&O Cruises Australia, Cunard and AIDA Cruises.

RCL Cruises Ltd is a British company in the Royal Caribbean Group that strategically and commercially manages 16 ships of the group that have been entered in the UK tonnage tax.