Diana got the silver car in May 1981, two months before she and Charles got married in St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.
The Buyer is a museum in South America. No further information was provided. It was expected that the car would be sold for between 30,000 and 40,000 pounds.
– The interest has been great ahead of the auction. That it ends up in South America shows that there has been great international interest in the car, says Leis Rabett from the auction house Reeman Dansie Auctions in Colchester, UK.
The car was sold at an auction in Colchester, England on Tuesday. Photo: Joe Giddens / AP
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The sale allows an antique dealer to smile all the way to the bank. He bought the car for £ 6,000 in 1982.
The car still has its original license plate, which reads WEV 297W. The color and mileage of 133,575 kilometers are unchanged.
Princess Diana lost her life in a car accident in Paris in 1997 while being chased by paparazzi. She turned 36 years old.
Her sons, Prince William and Harry, will unveil a statue of her at her former home at Kensington Palace in London on Thursday. Then she would be 60 years old.
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