Specially commissioned private rail cars have transported the royal family around the country for over 150 years, beginning with an initially trepidatious Queen Victoria.

The King is said to have fond memories of the train, which features a carriage created for Charles in the mid-1980s, which he still uses now that he is King.

King Charles is set to derail the late Queen Elizabeth II's favourite mode of transport in a bid to cut costs, as staggering figures on the monarch's transportation have been revealed