Queen Elizabeth’s bespoke Land Rover, which features specially designed royal buttons that allow her to communicate with her driver, will sell at auction for £80,000.
The late Queen used the green 1978 Series III model for public engagements as part of the Royal Review’s convoy of cars and it includes several bespoke features.
One of the unique add-ons is a traffic light system with buttons that allowed the late monarch to warn her driver when she wanted to continue, slow down or stop.
It also has a special plexiglass screen and handrail so that Her Majesty could stand up while she rode in the back of the vehicle.
A 1978 Series III Land Rover used by Queen Elizabeth II is expected to fetch £80,000
The driver’s seat of the green open-top vehicle, which was specially equipped with traffic light buttons so that the late Queen could warn her driver when she wanted to stop and continue driving
The traffic light button system that allowed Elizabeth to tell her driver when to start, slow down or stop
The Queen died in September 2022. Pictured: Elizabeth during a visit to RAF Valley in Anglesey in 2011
The Land Rover has license plate ‘3333 LR’ and is equipped with rear doors so that the queen could disembark from the back.
It is also decorated with the Royal Coat of Arms, the Queen’s personal standard flag flying on the front and the letters ‘GB’ engraved above the number plate on the rear.
Elizabeth, who died in September 2022, owned the vintage car until 2012, when it was bought at auction by British-German businessman Dean Kronsbein for £28,000, the Sun reported.
But the classic car has been put up for sale again after Mr Kronsbein died in a hunting accident.
The car was owned by the late monarch until 2012, when it was sold to British-German businessman Dean Kronsbein
The bonnet of the vintage car that was part of the Royal Review’s convoy of cars
The back includes a rail and glass screen that allowed the monarch to stand while traveling in the classic car
The fully restored 4×4 will be sold by RM Sotheby’s in London on November 1, along with the rest of Mr Kronsbein’s car collection.
“This is an extremely unique opportunity,” said the auctioneer.
Land Rover has long had a special relationship with the royal family, with its cars playing a prominent role at major royal events.
The brand was first granted a Royal Warrant by King George VI in 1951 and was one of the few to have four warrants, including those of Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales and the Queen Mother.
Prince Philip’s coffin was carried at his funeral in 2021 in a Land Rover TD5 Defender 130 designed by himself.