Toot! toot! the Duke of Zaragoza used to blow the locomotive whistle of Spam's Royal Train, for His Grace was Hereditary Engineer to the Royal Family.
When Queen Victoria Eugenie "fled from Spain" it was the Duke of Zaragoza who opened the throttle, made the royal wheels go round and tooted a last loyal farewell — then promptly turned Republican.
Merrily last week Spain's Presidential Train chuffed from Valencia to Madrid carrying President Alcala Zamora, driven by the Duke of Zaragoza with many a toot!...
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