The Princess of Wales, real name Diana Francis Spencer, loved cars and loved to drive them herself. In May 1981, two years before her wedding to Charles, Diana received a gift from her future husband in the form of a 3rd generation Ford Escort.
It is now sold at auction for £ 52,640. The initial assumption was somewhere between 30 and 40 thousand pounds.
A spokeswoman for the auction hall said she had confirmed the royal origin, citing the car’s history, registration number and many photos of Princess Diana in the car.
The car is allegedly in very good condition, its mileage is 132 thousand kilometers, and Diana allegedly used it daily from 1981 to 1982. The escort also has the original WEV 297W license plates.
On the hood is a car with a silver frog that Diana received from her sister Sarah. It is said that it should have reminded the princess of a fairy tale about a beautiful girl who managed to turn a frog into a prince with her kiss.
The car was of no public interest for many years, and no one knew its fate. It was owned by a woman for 20 years who did not even tell her friends about it.