Prince Philip’s taxi to go on display at Sandringham Museum
The Duke of Edinburgh’s taxi, which helped him travel around the capital unnoticed, will go on display in the Royal Garages
The taxi that helped Prince Philip travel around London incognito will be on display at Sandringham Museum from Saturday.
In a newsletter on its website, the museum revealed the Duke of Edinburgh’s black cab, “which he used for travelling to both official and private engagements in London, has arrived at Sandringham and has been added to the display in the Royal Garages”.
The London taxi is a Metrocab model with a Ford engine that runs on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The duke took collection of the vehicle in 1999 and used it to travel around London without being spotted, usually with a royal chauffeur in the driving seat.
However, he is also said to have taken the wheel of the black cab many times, and the 95-year-old remains keen to continue driving – in April last year he piloted a Range Rover to take the Queen and Barack and Michelle Obama to lunch at Windsor Castle.
Based in the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, the museum is in the former coach houses and stable block of the Queen’s country retreat and plays host to a number of royal vehicles.
Historically, this section of the 60-acre estate has also been used as a fire station, so a 1939 Merryweather fire engine has been put on display as a nod to the past.
