 The company was made famous by the American television series "The Love Boat", in which its ship "Pacific Princess" was featured.In May 2013, "Royal Princess", the first "Royal"-class ship and the largest ship constructed for Princess at the time, became the flagship of Princess Cruises.Princess Cruises began in 1965, when founder Stanley McDonald chartered Canadian Pacific Limited's Alaska cruise ship "Princess Patricia" for Mexican Riviera cruises from Los Angeles during a time when she would have usually been laid up for the winter.