1995 Bentley Brooklands featured in ‘The Crown’. Estimate: £12,000 – £15,000
A Bentley with a royal TV provenance, which carried the actors portraying both Charles and a young Prince Harry in the hit TV series The Crown will be auctioned by Classic Car Auctions on June 1st at their Tatton Park Sale in Knutsford, Cheshire.
This 1995 Bentley Brooklands comes resplendent in Peacock Blue and has been meticulously maintained. The Brooklands was introduced in 1992 as a replacement for the Mulsanne and Bentley Eight. It featured the classic Bentley grille as well as dual headlights with wraparound parking lights.
This image is copyright of Netflix – more images of the car in action can be found at https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_1722560-Bentley-Brooklands-1995.html
The current owner acquired this wonderful example around three years ago from a renowned specialist in London. It had previously resided in Scotland so it’s appropriate that it was chosen to be the conveyance of ‘The Prince of Wales’ in Series 5 and Series 6 of the Crown (Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures for Netflix). The car featured prominently with its cherished plate, which forms part of the sale.
Continuing the theme of feeling like Royalty there are a further four Bentleys and three Rolls-Royces to choose from in this Tatton Park Summer Sale. One might feel more like the Queen gliding around in this 1957 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud S1 which has benefited from a gentle, long-term restoration by its fastidious owner. The Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud was conceived as a replacement for the Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn and is relatively economical and cheaper to maintain than the succeeding V8-engined cars, the Silver Cloud is arguably the most user-friendly of all post-war Rolls-Royce.
1957 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud S1. Estimate: £25,000 – £30,000
These cars are just some of the 160+ cars that are heading to Classic Car Auctions Summer Sale at Tatton Park’s Classic & Performance Car Spectacular Show on Saturday June. All entries can be viewed online at www.classiccarauctions.co.uk or in person at Tatton Park from 9.30am to 4pm on Friday 31st May and from 9.30am until the auction commences at 11am on Saturday 1st June. For more information please visit the Classic Car Auctions website.
