A LAND Rover Defender constructed for Prince Philip has been put up for public sale for £70,000
The royal experience was registered in 2010 after being constructed to the Duke of Edinburgh's private specification.
This included a paint job within the uncommon Keswick Inexperienced color and a black material end for the inside.
Heated seats and plush Land Rover seat covers had been additionally added.
The automobile has simply 15,623 miles on the clock and is a part of a "vital non-public assortment of particular motors automobiles".
It's being bought by Silverstone Auctions and is is "gleaming situation".
It's accompanied by a historical past file, together with letters between George Hassall, director of royal and diplomatic affairs at Jaguar Land Rover, and Prince Philip's head chauffeur, David Key.
Whereas within the late-Duke's possession, it's believed to have been given his private registration quantity OXR 2.
He was a long-time fan of Land Rovers and used inexperienced Freelander fashions for years.
He even specifically designed a Defender for his 2021 funeral, with the automobile modified to hold his coffin.
The automobile up for public sale was beforehand bought in June final 12 months for £44,000 and is about to be re-sold on February 25 at Stoneleigh Park, close to Coventry for Silverstone's Race Retro public sale.
The information worth is about between £50,000 and £70,000.
Different royal-related vehicles are among the many public sale heaps, too.
These embody a 2013 Bentley Mulsanne used for royal family duties and a surprising 1942 Ford GPW Jeep utilized by King George VI on a wartime go to to RAF Chelveston, Northamptonshire that 12 months.
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