An almost 90-year-old car that once belonged to Britain’s late Prince Philip is now the centrepiece of a seaside museum in Sri Lanka. They didn’t work then.’“According to Gardiner, the prince acknowledged that the Standard was the first car he bought. According to museum records, he first drove the car from Colombo to a naval base in Trincomalee, 260km (160 miles) away. Gardiner said his father also loaned the royals the Cadillac used by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip during their first official Sri Lanka visit in 1954. Prince Philip, who died at the age of 99 last week, was known to love cars and often choose to drive himself.

Source: The Nation April 17, 2021 23:26 UTC