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A grandmother who was discovered dead on a remote island after being abandoned by a cruise ship has been identified.

Suzanne Rees, 80, was only reported as missing when she failed to turn up for dinner, some five hours after she disappeared on Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia.

The lone traveller had been participating in an organised trek there but became unwell and, whilst she lay incapacitated, the cruise vessel sailed away to its next destination.

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Ms Rees's relatives have condemned the "failure of care and common sense" by Coral Expeditions, owned by National Roads and Motorists' Association (NRMA) in Australia, who operates the 60-day voyage.

It marked the initial port

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