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Old Jan 3, 2018 | 11:00 AM
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Not sure if this was posted before, but saw this on You Tube.

 
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Old Jan 3, 2018 | 11:58 AM
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Ok, this is too good to pass up.....so the Queen tosses her dogs in the trunk to transport them around?....LMAO.
I am calling on those British members who can determine if the Queen really just tools around without bulletproof glass or IED proof floor pans? I know executives are better protected in their Maybach's. That is unless there's a button in the ashtray for a force field?

No insult intended on your post daverb, but the salesman really has me suspicious of this.
 
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Old Jan 3, 2018 | 12:44 PM
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The Queen does regularly drive herself around, she was a driver during WW2. She was a regular sight driving various XJ's and Land Rovers around. The SVO cars designed for the Palace had some special extras, including armour plating, special glass and their own oxygen system. The Queen personally takes care of her dogs, even feeding and putting them to bed herself daily. As a Corgi owner myself I can tell you the fur gets everywhere, my XJ has Corgi fur in places Corgi's don't go. Trust me.

The Monachy are normal people just like the rest of us, they like their independence. They all have their own cars and I know that Prince Charles has a black taxi he drives around London where he can hide in plain sight.

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Also here is a thread I started many moons ago about the SVO Bomb Proof cars.
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...b-proof-40599/
 
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Cool Stu, thanks....I feel rather proud then, I have the same racing green on mine That's neat they just amble about in public.
 
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Originally Posted by daverb
Not sure if this was posted before, but saw this on You Tube
Here is an other one for the same car, some years ago.

https://www.thegentlemansjournal.com...percharged-v8/

I always wondered how they got away with their plaque, I suspect it was added by some ignorant 2nd hand car dealer.
It surely is no S/C ....

That said, pictures of the Queen in a Jaguar do extremely well here in Asia, they love them.
I just sold my Vanden Plas rims to a X300 owner yesterday, and he immediately posted the Queen's x308 (with the same rims) on his Facebook page.

 
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Originally Posted by Stu 1986
The Queen does regularly drive herself around, she was a driver during WW2. She was a regular sight driving various XJ's and Land Rovers around. The SVO cars designed for the Palace had some special extras, including armour plating, special glass and their own oxygen system. The Queen personally takes care of her dogs, even feeding and putting them to bed herself daily. As a Corgi owner myself I can tell you the fur gets everywhere, my XJ has Corgi fur in places Corgi's don't go. Trust me.

The Monachy are normal people just like the rest of us, they like their independence. They all have their own cars and I know that Prince Charles has a black taxi he drives around London where he can hide in plain sight.

Here are some other videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVL7zC9DC60&t=107s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo8iwQerU4o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC8YFYh-jnI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYKBt3vfUQI
Thanks for sharing the additional clips. That's what I admire about The Royal Family, they like to drive themselves and are so open with the public
 
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