Date: 10/06/2017

The Queen will mark the 175th anniversary of the first train journey made by a British monarch. On 13 June 1842, Queen Victoria made the trip from Slough to Paddington, writing in her journal afterwards that it was 'delightful and so quick'. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will embark on the same journey on the day of the anniversary. Joining them will be two descendants of pioneering railway engineers Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Sir Daniel Gooch.

External links

Queen to mark historic first train trip

BBC News

The Queen will take the same train journey as Queen Victoria in 1842.