By continuing to use redspottedhanky.com you are agreeing to the website Terms and Conditions, the Privacy Policy, and the Use of Cookies. We use cookies to collect and process anonymous information about your visit to our website. We will use this information to improve the contents of our site or to collate statistics about it, or to otherwise improve and personalise our services to you.

Close

Tag Archives: Queen Victoria

The royals and trains … King Edward VII

Posted on May 16, 2012

Queen Victoria may have been the first UK Monarch to travel by train – but her son, King Edward VII continued to give rail travel the royal seal of approval.

Read on to find out more about King Edward VII and his rail connections. And check our journey planner for cheap train tickets before you next head off somewhere by train.

Continue reading →

Comments
Leave a comment
Categories
Trains and the royals | Uncategorized
Tags
| | | | | | | | |

The royals and trains … Queen Victoria

Posted on April 19, 2012

The royals have had a love affair with the railway since the 19th century, when Queen Victoria – the first English Queen to celebrate a Diamond Jubilee – headed off on the first ever regal train journey.

Read on to find out more about ‘the grandmother of Europe” and her railway connections. And check our journey planner for cheap train tickets before you next head off somewhere by train.

Continue reading →

Comments
Leave a comment
Categories
Trains and the royals
Tags
| | | | | | | | | | |