In a cost-cutting move, the Royal Train, a favoured mode of transport for Queen Elizabeth II, is set to be decommissioned after nearly 125 years of serving the British monarchy. Fresh figures show the historic nine-carriage locomotive made only two trips last year at a total cost of £78,

King Charles has bid a fond farewell to the royal train as part of his cost-cutting endeavours in the annual publication of royal finances.The nine-carriage train requires costly upgrades to keep it running on a modern railway network,