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Elizabeth II (born as Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor) was Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022.

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Elizabeth II first came to meet the residents of Sodor. Gordon was honoured by pulling her train and Thomas sorted the coaches for it, while Edward cleared the line ahead. She was greeted and honoured by Sir Topham Hatt at Knapford, and told the controller that she had a splendid run and wanted to meet the engines. She returned to the Mainland the next day, after speaking specially to the engines that had prepared the Royal Train.

When Emily asked Gordon what kind of specials he took, he mentioned the time he pulled Elizabeth II's Royal Train.

Once, while finishing off a world tour, Thomas had to collect Elizabeth II in London; but he did not realise this when she boarded the train, as he was so bowled over by all his other important-looking passengers. [1]

In 2016, the Queen invited Sir Topham and Lady Hatt to her ninteeith birthday celebrations in London. Sir Topham chose Thomas and Annie to take them there, and Thomas was very excited to meet the Queen again. When the Sodor party arrived at the celebrations in Westminster, the Queen thanked Sir Topham for running a fine railway.

The Queen invited the Fat Controller, accompanied by Thomas, to London to give him an award. [2]

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  • Rev. W. Awdry sent The Railway Series to the royal family in 1950, to read to the young Prince Charles and Princess Anne. This was acknowledged in the twenty-fourth series episode, Thomas and the Royal Engine.
  • The Queen is one of the few human characters in the television series to physically age, the others being Little Thomas and Jem Cole.
  • The fifth series episode, Gordon and the Gremlin was based on an incident that happened to the Queen when David Maidment was Chief Operating Manager of the London Midland Region: Once when he was responsible for the Royal Train, an incident caused the Queen's bathwater to spill onto the ceiling of a coach.
  • Thomas' live tour model was used for the Queen's Party at Buckingham Palace in 2006 with Jonathan Ross playing the Fat Controller. [3]
  • The head and body of Elizabeth II's close-up figure were used many times in later series:
  • Elizabeth II's small scale body was also paired with the Refreshment Lady's small scale fifth series head in the seventh series.
    • This head and body combination would later be sold on auction on eBay in 2023.
  • Elizabeth II is Sharon Miller's only voice role in the series.
    • Lucy Montgomery originally voiced her, however Ian McCue did not like her performance and asked Sharon Miller to re-record the Queen's lines.
  • Elizabeth II is the last human character to be re-introduced in the CGI series after a period of absense.

References[]

  1. ↑ Really Useful Around the World: "Thomas Picks Up a Special Passenger in London"
  2. ↑ T&F S24 Special #1: Thomas and the Royal Engine
  3. ↑ Queen meets children and dignitaries at party on Getty Images (25 June, 2006)


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