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Prince Phillip worked with Land Rover to design his own hearse.
He spent 17 years with Britain's mainstay automaker Land Rover, designing the perfect hearse in a custom color (colour) that reflects his WWII military experience.
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Prince Philip Spent 16 Years Toying Over The Custom Land Rover Defender That Will Carry His Casket
It would seem that once a person hits just the right mix of nationalism, royalty, wealth and age, they do extremely weird stuff like toy over the customized Land Rover Defender hearse that will one day carry their vessel to its final resting place, which is what Prince Philip apparently did.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and husband to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth territories, Queen Elizabeth II, died at the age of 99 on April 9. But not before exercising his taste for ceremonial flair one last time.
Prince Philip was known for royal ceremony as he’s taken credit for planning his wife’s coronation as Queen of England and pushing for it be televised, bringing in a documentary crew to show life behind the palace walls to the public for the first time, and for encouraging his son, Prince Charles, to infamously marry the late Lady Diana Spencer, among other “feats.”
Custom Land Rover Hearse
It seems the late Prince had one last pet project up his sleeve for his family and the public, and that’s a Land Rover Defender hearse he personally customized for his public funeral procession on Saturday, April 17.
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The Duke reportedly commissioned the custom Defender back in 2003, taking a personal part in the modifications by working directly with automaker Land Rover which produced the hearse at the company’s factory in Solihull, England. In the 16 years of work on the hearse project, it’s been through both Ford’s and Tata Motors’ ownership of Jaguar Land Rover over the years.
The base Defender for the hearse is a TD5 130 model, a chassis cab frame trim of the Defender lineup modified to have just a single cab. The Duke is credited for designing the rear open-top coffin display area, and personally designed the custom rubber and metal stoppers installed to prevent his coffin from moving during his journey through London.
Continued here via Jalopnik:
https://jalopnik.com/prince-philip-spent-16-years-toying-over-the-custom-lan-1846702446
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Prince Philip Spent 16 Years Toying Over The Custom Land Rover Defender That Will Carry His Casket
It would seem that once a person hits just the right mix of nationalism, royalty, wealth and age, they do extremely weird stuff like toy over the customized Land Rover Defender hearse that will one day carry their vessel to its final resting place, which is what Prince Philip apparently did.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and husband to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth territories, Queen Elizabeth II, died at the age of 99 on April 9. But not before exercising his taste for ceremonial flair one last time.
Prince Philip was known for royal ceremony as he’s taken credit for planning his wife’s coronation as Queen of England and pushing for it be televised, bringing in a documentary crew to show life behind the palace walls to the public for the first time, and for encouraging his son, Prince Charles, to infamously marry the late Lady Diana Spencer, among other “feats.”
Custom Land Rover Hearse
It seems the late Prince had one last pet project up his sleeve for his family and the public, and that’s a Land Rover Defender hearse he personally customized for his public funeral procession on Saturday, April 17.
*snip*
The Duke reportedly commissioned the custom Defender back in 2003, taking a personal part in the modifications by working directly with automaker Land Rover which produced the hearse at the company’s factory in Solihull, England. In the 16 years of work on the hearse project, it’s been through both Ford’s and Tata Motors’ ownership of Jaguar Land Rover over the years.
The base Defender for the hearse is a TD5 130 model, a chassis cab frame trim of the Defender lineup modified to have just a single cab. The Duke is credited for designing the rear open-top coffin display area, and personally designed the custom rubber and metal stoppers installed to prevent his coffin from moving during his journey through London.
Continued here via Jalopnik:
https://jalopnik.com/prince-philip-spent-16-years-toying-over-the-custom-lan-1846702446
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