Queen Elizabeth travels by train

Queen Elizabeth put on a headscarf and glasses for a ride on the footplate of a miniature steam engine.

The Queen was visiting Exbury Gardens in the New Forest in the south of England. She made a 20-minute journey through the estate of her friend, Leopold de Rothschild, who drove the engine. She even climbed onto the footplate of the locomotive for part of the trip and she named the locomotive Mariloo in a private ceremony.

An Exbury Gardens spokeswoman said: “Members of the public were around at the time but it seems they didn’t bat an eyelid at the Queen.

“It was a private visit, she came with very few people and was dressed very anonymously. It was certainly as if she was travelling incognito and didn’t want to be recognised.”