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Warship: Life In The Royal Navy review: Hello sailor! A rare glimpse of the fun they have in the Royal Navy, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS

However woke Britain's armed forces have become, full make-up with blusher and false eyelashes is generally frowned upon.

But presenter Julia Bradbury, a junior rating for the day in Warship: Life In The Royal Navy, clearly wasn't worried about regulations. Joining a morning of drill practice aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Prince Of Wales, she was wearing an inch of eyeshadow, lip gloss and foundation — very apparent beside the fresh-faced ratings either side of her. JJ, a former Royal Marine, watched the commandos at Lympstone training base in Devon daubing their faces with camouflage paint and decided not to join them.

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