This highly desirable V8 Vantage V550 from the model’s final year of production is believed to be one of only 97 left-hand-drive versions made.

As number 225 of approximately 240 total V8 Vantages to emerge from Aston Martin’s hallowed Newport Pagnell facility, it is a late-production example benefitting from the various incremental improvements made over the model’s seven-year manufacturing run, which started in 1993.

Making this car even more covetable, it benefits from over 20 years of single ownership—by a prince, no less.

Built to German specification, it was dispatched in July 1998 to Jaguar Autohaus Kronberg near Frankfurt, Germany, according to documents accompanying the vehicle.

The car was later sold through Auto Performance Paris in May 2000 and relocated to the U.K., where it remained under single ownership until July 2021.

This V8 Vantage V550 is finished in Antrim Blue over a stunning Magnolia leather interior.

Contrasting beautifully with the hides and matching Alc...