Queen Elizabeth II’s personal Land Rover fleet hits the road for US showcase

Britain’s longest-serving monarch, the precocious Queen Elizabeth II, volition beryllium honoured by Land Rover for her emotion of the iconic British motorcar successful an exclusive accumulation crossed the pond.

Americans connected the East Coast tin drawback a glimpse of a fig of historical vehicles from the precocious Queen’s idiosyncratic fleet and that of the British royal household.

After a palmy 2024 circuit crossed the US, 1 much halt has been marked connected the representation with royal fans capable to cheque retired a specialised postulation of Elizabeth II’s ain cars astatine ModaMiami successful Florida successful March.

The accumulation volition showcase a specialised postulation of 5 Series, Defender, and Range Rover models utilized by the precocious Queen during her 70-year reign.

The show volition diagnostic vehicles utilized by the Royal family, either successful an authoritative capableness oregon arsenic portion of the household fleet.

The Miami accumulation volition boast 5 historical models of Land Rover, including 2 of the earliest Royal vehicles: the archetypal Land Rover Series I State Review conveyance and a Land Rover Series I owned by the Royal family.

The vehicles connected show volition see those from Land Rover Classic, the British Motor Museum, and a backstage collection.

While the precocious Queen dedicated her beingness to service, her emotion for the centrifugal car was sparked good earlier she ever donned a crown astatine property 19.

In the Second World War, she became the archetypal pistillate subordinate of the Royal household to unpaid for subject duty, joining the Auxiliary Territorial Service successful 1945, wherever she trained arsenic a operator and mechanic.

Her clip successful the subject fuelled a emotion of driving and mechanics that lasted passim her life.

Chief Historian astatine Jaguar Land Rover North America Mike Bishop told  Marie Claire successful 2024 that helium erstwhile got a glimpse of Elizabeth II down the wheel.

“A fewer years ago, I attended the Royal Windsor Horse Show. Very aboriginal successful the morning, a workfellow and I met to spot the pony displays, and we saw The Queen thrust up successful her 2009 Range Rover,” helium said.

He explained that, portion she toured astir the crushed successful her Land Rover, she “just looked wholly astatine home, similar a mean pistillate successful the countryside.

The exclusive Miami show of 5 Royal-affiliated Land Rovers, including State Review vehicles and idiosyncratic property cars, honour the precocious Queen’s dedication to work and her transportation to the iconic British vehicle.

The Vehicles of HM Queen Elizabeth II accumulation volition tally connected March 1 and 2 astatine The Biltmore Hotel successful Coral Gables, Florida.