A Rolls Royce car which is being used by the Prince of Wales on a tour of Margate and Ramsgate, Kent. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). 24th November 1926

Entertainer Elsa McFarlane stands on the bonnet of a Rolls Royce car, mimicking the Silver Lady figurine, in a production of “The Co-Optimists”, at the Vaudeville Theatre in London. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images). 1929

Mae Murray, the radiant Hollywood film star and actress signed by MGM. Seen about to board her Rolls Royce. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1929

Two young women in swimwear posing in front of a Delage D8 adorned with a Lalique glass radiator ornament. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images). 1930

The new Lord Mayor of London Sir William P Neal with his wife. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). 1st October 1930

A view of a vintage Rolls Royce limousine with a female driver. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images). Circa 1935

Men at work in the Trimming Shop in the Rolls Royce Factory in Crewe. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images). 13th April 1950

A Rolls Royce “Silver Dawn” on the assembly line at the Rolls Royce works in Crewe, Cheshire. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images). 13th April 1950

A doorman salutes a guest arriving at the Hilton Hotel, London, in a Rolls Royce. (Photo by Terry Fincher/Express/Getty Images). 7th April 1965

Beatle John Lennon's Rolls Royce, decorated with signs of the zodiac and bunches of flowers, in Chertsey, Surrey. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 26th May 1967