Britain’s royal train service has been deemed too expensive, so now it’s being ditched in favor of helicopters and scheduled rail journeys. Not everyone is happy about it.

Today’s announcement about the train came during the monarchy’s annual financial briefing in which they outlined how the £86.3 million received from the UK’s Treasury in the financial year ...

Her successor King Edward VII ordered a new train in the model of the Royal Yacht. In 1977, British Rail built new carriages for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to mark her Silver Jubilee.

The royal train has also been part of King Charles’s life. He was photographed riding it as a young boy, and he used it in 1981 to depart for his honeymoon with Diana, Princess of Wales.