Complete carrier groups took priority over nuclear cruisers

Should the Royal Navy have built nuclear guided-missile cruisers to complement US carrier groups?

Funding a complete British carrier group took priority over building nuclear cruisers principally to fit American formations.

The Royal Navy considered nuclear cruisers while the US Navy operated them, but securing British funding was extremely difficult. British priorities also favored complete carrier battle groups. A ship designed principally to complement an American formation did not satisfy that wider requirement. The preferred investment was a coherent British group with the ships it needed, instead of a specialized contribution intended to make Britain indispensable to the US Navy.