Royal charm fails to work on luxury Bentley
15 Jan 2013 5:41 AM IST
It can happen to just about anyone! Queen Elizabeth II was left waiting as her 10 million pound luxury Bentley failed to start after a church service, but the monarch made light of the situation and remained unfazed. Standing nearby, the Queen was seen laughing and pointing as her chauffeur tried to coax the motor into action outside St Mary Magdalene church on the Norfolk estate.
The 86-year-old Queen evidently saw the funny side when her state Bentley, said to be worth 10 million pounds, refused to come to life after the church service at Sandringham on Sunday, The Telegraph reported.
The car's V8 6.75 litre engine finally spluttered into life at the seventh attempt and the Queen, wearing a checked black and white coat with a white hat decorated with black bows, climbed in for the quarter-of-a-mile drive back to Sandringham House.
The Duke of Edinburgh walked to and from the church as normal, despite the freezing weather.
Guests at the 55-minute morning church service included Lady Helen Taylor, 48, the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Kent. A crowd of around 150 well-wishers looked on as the Queen waited for her car to start afterwards.
Veteran royal watcher Mary Relph, 77, of Shouldham, Norfolk, who was at the church, said: ‘I have never known anything like this happen before.
THE PRINCE THEY CALL ‘BIG WILLY’
An unedited version of Prince William’s photograph posted on his website has revealed his cheeky nickname ‘Big Willy’ inscribed on a mug at an RAF base.
The photo was first issued last November with the mug title cropped out and that release followed a Ministry of Defence security blunder that saw sensitive information visible in some earlier photos.
The Daily Star newspaper has claimed that the nickname was first given to him by his wife Kate. The Duchess of Cambridge, was nicknamed ‘Waity Katie’, because they were together for a decade before marrying and she had to sit out the years before William proposed.As royal nicknames go it is not too bad. Princess Diana was called Squidgy by a close male friend. Charles and Camilla call each other Fred and Gladys.
Back in their schooldays William’s nickname was ‘Wombat’ and 31-year-old Kate’s was ‘Princess in waiting’.
The 86-year-old Queen evidently saw the funny side when her state Bentley, said to be worth 10 million pounds, refused to come to life after the church service at Sandringham on Sunday, The Telegraph reported.
The car's V8 6.75 litre engine finally spluttered into life at the seventh attempt and the Queen, wearing a checked black and white coat with a white hat decorated with black bows, climbed in for the quarter-of-a-mile drive back to Sandringham House.
The Duke of Edinburgh walked to and from the church as normal, despite the freezing weather.
Guests at the 55-minute morning church service included Lady Helen Taylor, 48, the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Kent. A crowd of around 150 well-wishers looked on as the Queen waited for her car to start afterwards.
Veteran royal watcher Mary Relph, 77, of Shouldham, Norfolk, who was at the church, said: ‘I have never known anything like this happen before.
THE PRINCE THEY CALL ‘BIG WILLY’
An unedited version of Prince William’s photograph posted on his website has revealed his cheeky nickname ‘Big Willy’ inscribed on a mug at an RAF base.
The photo was first issued last November with the mug title cropped out and that release followed a Ministry of Defence security blunder that saw sensitive information visible in some earlier photos.
The Daily Star newspaper has claimed that the nickname was first given to him by his wife Kate. The Duchess of Cambridge, was nicknamed ‘Waity Katie’, because they were together for a decade before marrying and she had to sit out the years before William proposed.As royal nicknames go it is not too bad. Princess Diana was called Squidgy by a close male friend. Charles and Camilla call each other Fred and Gladys.
Back in their schooldays William’s nickname was ‘Wombat’ and 31-year-old Kate’s was ‘Princess in waiting’.
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