It’s a known fact that quite a few of the 731 Daimler Super Eights to leave Browns Lane went on to dutifully serve the needs of senior figures in government and the Civil Service - people with dark suits and serious expressions from The Ministry of Something Tremendously Important or Awfully Secret.

Others followed the well-trodden path of many previous Daimlers and made their way to garages belonging to the Royal household.

It is the vendor’s understanding that, at one time, this car was indeed part of the Royal car-pool.

Firstly, it was serviced by a Jaguar main dealer in Norwich for the first few years of its life.

Sandringham is near Norwich.

Just saying… Secondly, the vendor is in the licensed trade and bought the car from a brewery with long-standing Royal connections.

At the time of writing, all of this supposed Royal provenance is little more than conjecture and speculation.

If and when we know more, we’ll be sure to let you know.

What we can say with some certainty is ...