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Members of the royal family don't stay put for long. They carry out nearly 3,000 official engagements in the United Kingdom and overseas every year. During five decades as sovereign, the queen has used every conceivable form of transportation - from elephant to barge.

Nowadays, there are more conventional forms of transportation, which include traditional carriages for ceremonial occasions, and state cars, the royal train and helicopter for engagements and visits in the U.K., and airplanes for overseas visits.

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