Princess Diana's car sold for over R1-million
Princess Diana's Ford Escort was sold for over R1-million. Find a photo of the car below.
The Ford Escort that once belonged to Diana, the Princess of Wales, was sold on Tuesday to a South American museum for R1-million.
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The car was given by Prince Charles to Diana as an engagement present in May 1981, two months before their fairytale wedding at St Paul's Cathedral.
Lewis Rabett, of Reeman Dansie Auctions in Colchester, southeast England, said the successful bidder was a museum in South America, where the car will now be shipped.
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The car still has its original British registration plate WEV 297W, paint, and upholstery, and has 83,000 miles (133,575 kilometres) on the clock.
The bidder offered £52,640 (R1,040,720) for the car.
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