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British prince
British prince: a courtesy title and Royal Highness style for royal-family members, defined by the 1917 letters patent and extended in 2012; distinct from Prince of Wales and royal dukedoms, restricted to working royals in usage, and removable, as the 2025 Andrew letters patent show.
British princess
British princess: a woman holding the UK dignity of Princess with the style Royal Highness, defined by the 1917, 1948, and 2012 Letters Patent, marriage rules, female-line exclusion, and 2025 removals.
British protectorate
British protectorate: a territory outside the Crown's dominions whose foreign relations Britain exclusively controlled, distinct from colonies and protected states; administered by the Foreign Office, inhabited by British protected persons, and dissolved through decolonization.
British Protectorate over Egypt
The British Protectorate over Egypt (الحماية البريطانية على مصر) was declared by Britain in December 1914, severing Egypt from Ottoman suzerainty, and ended with the British declaration of 28 February 1922.
British Pteridological Society
British Pteridological Society (BPS), UK charity founded 1891 in the Lake District for ferns, horsetails, clubmosses, and quillworts; publishes Fern Gazette, Bulletin, Pteridologist; ICRA for Polypodium; patron King Charles III.
British Pullman Car Company
The British Pullman Car Company, also known as the Pullman Car Company, was an English operator of luxury railway carriages from 1882 until the mid-20th century.
British Pullman carriages
British Pullman carriages were luxury parlor and dining cars run in Britain by the Pullman Car Company from 1874, on named trains like the Brighton Belle.
British punitive expedition against Benin
The British punitive expedition against Benin was a Royal Navy invasion of February 1897 that captured and burned Benin City, deposing Oba Ovonramwen and annexing his kingdom.
British racing green
British racing green (BRG), or racing green, is Britain's traditional national motor racing color, adopted for the 1903 Gordon Bennett Cup in tribute to the Irish hosts.
British Racing Motors
British Racing Motors (BRM), Formula One constructor based at Bourne, Lincolnshire, 1951-1977. Founded by Raymond Mays; won the 1962 drivers' and constructors' titles with Graham Hill; 17 wins; famous 1.5-litre V16 P15.
British Rail
British Rail, known as British Railways from 1948, was the state-owned operator of most of Great Britain's railway network from 1948 until privatization under the Railways Act 1993.
British Rail APT-E
APT-E (Advanced Passenger Train - Experimental) was a British Rail gas-turbine experimental tilting train that set a British rail speed record of 152.3 mph in 1975.
British Rail Class 08
The British Rail Class 08 is a 0-6-0 diesel-electric shunting locomotive of which 996 were built for British Railways between 1952 and 1962, the most numerous class in Britain.
British Rail Class 150
The British Rail Class 150 is a family of diesel multiple units built at York between 1984 and 1987 as part of the Sprinter program.
British Rail Class 158
The British Rail Class 158 Express Sprinter is a diesel multiple unit built by BREL in Derby between 1989 and 1992 for British Rail's regional express services.
British Rail Class 170
The British Rail Class 170 Turbostar is a British diesel multiple unit, of which 139 sets were built by Adtranz, later Bombardier, at Derby between 1998 and 2005.
British Rail Class 20
The British Rail Class 20, also known as the English Electric Type 1, is a class of 228 single-cab diesel-electric freight locomotives built from 1957 to 1968.
British Rail Class 221
The British Rail Class 221 Super Voyager is a five-car tilting diesel multiple unit built by Bombardier, entering service in 2001 with Virgin Trains and capable of 125 mph.
British Rail Class 31
The British Rail Class 31, also known as the Brush Type 2, is a British diesel-electric locomotive of which 263 were built by Brush Traction between 1957 and 1962.
British Rail Class 345
The British Rail Class 345 is an electric multiple unit built by Bombardier at Derby, the first of its Aventra family, serving London's Elizabeth line since 2017.
British Rail Class 37
The British Rail Class 37, or English Electric Type 3, is a 1,750 hp Co-Co diesel-electric locomotive; 309 were built between 1960 and 1965, with examples still in use.
British Rail Class 373
The British Rail Class 373, also known as the TGV TMST or TransManche Super Train, is a TGV-derived high-speed train built for Eurostar services through the Channel Tunnel from 1994.
British Rail Class 374
The British Rail Class 374 is the Eurostar e320, a sixteen-car high-speed train built by Siemens on the Velaro platform, serving London, Paris, and Brussels since 2016.
British Rail Class 385
The British Rail Class 385 is a class of 70 electric multiple units built by Hitachi for ScotRail's central Scotland services, entering service in July 2018.
British Rail Class 387
The British Rail Class 387 is a dual-voltage electric multiple unit built by Bombardier at Derby, rated for 110 mph, used by GTR, Great Western Railway, c2c, and Heathrow Express.
British Rail Class 390
The British Rail Class 390, known as the Pendolino, is a British electric tilting train built by Alstom that entered service on the West Coast Main Line in 2002.
British Rail Class 395
The British Rail Class 395, known as the Javelin, is a class of 29 six-car electric trains built by Hitachi that runs Southeastern's high-speed services in Kent.
British Rail Class 399
The British Rail Class 399, or Class 399 Citylink, is a class of seven dual-voltage tram-trains built by Vossloh in Valencia for the UK's first tram-train service.
British Rail Class 40
The British Rail Class 40 is a 2,000 hp diesel-electric locomotive built by English Electric for British Railways from 1958 to 1962, nicknamed the Whistler for its turbocharger noise.
British Rail Class 43 (HST)
British Rail Class 43 (HST) is the classification of the diesel-electric power cars at each end of the British High Speed Train, marketed as the InterCity 125.