Queen Elizabeth may have passed her forebear Queen Victoria’s record of longevity on the throne, but there is something she can’t beat — Victoria’s position as the first British monarch to ever ride a train.
And on Tuesday, 175 years after that inaugural ride, Queen Elizabeth and husband Prince Philip took the same journey from Slough, close to her Windsor Castle home, to Paddington in west London.
Queen Victoria was the first reigning British monarch to travel by train in 1842.
The original journey took about 30 minutes and the then 23-year-old queen called it “delightful” and said the “motion was very slight,...
And on Tuesday, 175 years after that inaugural ride, Queen Elizabeth and husband Prince Philip took the same journey from Slough, close to her Windsor Castle home, to Paddington in west London.
Queen Victoria was the first reigning British monarch to travel by train in 1842.
The original journey took about 30 minutes and the then 23-year-old queen called it “delightful” and said the “motion was very slight,...
- 6/13/2017
- by Simon Perry
- PEOPLE.com
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