A car once used by Diana, Princess of Wales has sold for a jaw-dropping £650,000 at auction. The black Ford Escort RS Turbo, which was driven by the late Diana from August 23 1985 to May 1 1988, sold to a UK buyer at the Silverstone Auctions sale on Saturday 27 August.
Diana was often pictured driving the RS Turbo Series 1 outside the boutique shops of Chelsea and the restaurants of Kensington, and there's a snap of her eldest son Prince William strapped to a car seat in the back as a young boy.The former Princess of Wales was known for preferring to drive to drive her own car and she compromised by having a member of the Royalty Protection Command (SO14) sit alongside her in the passenger seat.
The car is believed to be unique as the first and only black RS Turbo Series 1, as agreed by S014 and the Ford PR department for reasons of discretion, instead of the only-white manufactured model.
Of course, given the fact that it was owned by Diana, the car is even more unique.The Ford factory’s special vehicle engineering department was tasked to supply the car and it fitted a regular five-slat front grille to assist in the “stealth makeover”.
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