there the royal family of England not only includes real estate in his inheritance. Several of its members are known to own several cars. The most original, perhaps, isAston Martin DB6 of King Charles III, which he converted to feed him with wine and cheese. Jaguar, which belonged to Queen Elizabeth II, was recently put up for auction.

This is not the first time that sales involve cars belonging to the British royal family. A few months ago Landrover 4×4 dated 1953 was put up for sale by Silverstone Auction. In April last year, it was the turn of a Super Snipe MKIII since 1952. This time Jaguar is for sale.

A Jaguar X-Type that once belonged to Queen Elizabeth II is up for sale

The sale is represented by the company

photo: Historic Auctioneers Historical auctioneers. In 2022, it was bought at another auction by the presenter of the BBC Chris Evans. The latter bought it for only 50,000 euros. But then he donated it to charity, Comic relief.

This Jaguar X-Type still raised no less 350,000 euros in this latest auction. It will go on sale again on July 22 for the same charity. The amount collected will be donated to the association.

Charity sale

This Jaguar X-Type was donated to one of the many donors at the last auction. It was a certain Jane Lewis won the car. “I must admit I thought it was a comical joke when I got the call to say I had won the Royal Jaguar”she said.

“Once the shock of winning wore off, it was a real pleasure to drive it. But it deserves to be entrusted to a collector. That’s why I decided to put it up for sale again and donate the proceeds from the sale to charity.”– she clarified. This is a nice gesture will allow Jaguar to be reused to raise new funds.