The King's Flight became official in July 1936. After the abdication of Edward VIII later that year, this Envoy was ordered to replace aircraft privately owned by him, such as Dragon Rapide G-ADDD which wore a similar red and blue livery. Enlisted as L7270, the Envoy was operated by No 24 Sqn at Hendon, but the military serial was not applied until the outbreak of war. Print stamped 3 May 1939. L7270 used by Fairey Aviation from 1944. Aircraft sold to Sweden in 1946 as SE-ASN. Crashed at Visby on 6 July 1955. Photo by: Charles E Brown

The last of 52 Envoys built by Airspeed was the only one to serve in the Royal Navy. It was used by Admiral Percy Noble and wears his flag on the nose. Photo by: Harold Tomlin / Imperial War Museums

This Envoy was built for the RAF as P5626 in late 1938. It was sold in April 1946 for civil use, latterly with Private Charter Ltd, and became the last surviving example of this light airliner and executive transport, being scrapped in May 1950.