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Author: Subject: So when will Prince Charles get a NIP in the post
scudderfish

posted on 30/4/11 at 08:44 AM Reply With Quote
So when will Prince Charles get a NIP in the post

As his car was driven with an illegal rear number plate?






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lotusmadandy

posted on 30/4/11 at 08:49 AM Reply With Quote
I Wondered that myself.
The car that William travelled to his wedding in,didnt even have any plates on

Andy






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scootz

posted on 30/4/11 at 08:50 AM Reply With Quote
He won't...





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Thinking about it

posted on 30/4/11 at 08:56 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by scudderfish
As his car was driven with an illegal rear number plate?


And none of them were wearing seat belts.

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BigFaceDave

posted on 30/4/11 at 09:00 AM Reply With Quote
I believe if the car is state owned then they dont need number plates its only private and company vehicles that are required to have number plates (basically eveything exept the queens / royals stuff) so maybe the state own the aston I could be wrong but that was my understanding of it. Must make taxing it online tricky!
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jabs

posted on 30/4/11 at 09:02 AM Reply With Quote
None of them had tax disks anyway. Do they need insurance?
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StevieB

posted on 30/4/11 at 09:11 AM Reply With Quote
Regardless of whether the car's state owned or not, I imagine there's a dispensation so that his number plate wasn't on display to the billions of people round the world watching on TV.

Very nice car though!

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Guinness

posted on 30/4/11 at 09:19 AM Reply With Quote
I think on days like that it really does become "The Queens Highway".


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Triton

posted on 30/4/11 at 09:21 AM Reply With Quote
Cracking car and the lad has got style as he rides(no doubt surrounded by armed guards) a Ducati....





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scudderfish

posted on 30/4/11 at 09:35 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by StevieB
Regardless of whether the car's state owned or not, I imagine there's a dispensation so that his number plate wasn't on display to the billions of people round the world watching on TV.

Very nice car though!


The front plate looked legit.






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scootz

posted on 30/4/11 at 09:41 AM Reply With Quote
Had to laugh at the wishy-washy Beeb commentary at that point... "and isn't it nice to see them out and about without any security".

I'm guessing you've not noticed the whacking-great Range Rover driving 3-feet behind them with a PPO and 3 back-up!

Or all the armed uniforms standing between them and the crowd!





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Dangle_kt

posted on 30/4/11 at 10:32 AM Reply With Quote
doubt it will be insured.

I'm pretty sure you only need insurance if you cant afford to pay up to £Xm.

The state can.

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PSpirine

posted on 30/4/11 at 10:36 AM Reply With Quote
The state under-write themselves.

As do large companies for their prototype/testing cars.

*ETA: Slow computer - basically what Dangle said!

[Edited on 30/4/11 by PSpirine]

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balidey

posted on 30/4/11 at 11:06 AM Reply With Quote
bottom line is... Hes in line for the thrown, its his wedding day. Who honestly gives a flying F that he has that rear number plate? Surely there are more important things to moan about





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coozer

posted on 30/4/11 at 11:08 AM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by balidey
bottom line is... Hes in line for the thrown, its his wedding day. Who honestly gives a flying F that he has that rear number plate? Surely there are more important things to moan about


Seconded that man, we need to be proud of our heritage.





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stevegough

posted on 30/4/11 at 11:19 AM Reply With Quote
EBY776J was 'not found' on the DVLA website enquiry.





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SteveWalker

posted on 30/4/11 at 12:40 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by lotusmadandy
I Wondered that myself.
The car that William travelled to his wedding in,didnt even have any plates on

Andy


I heard it referred to as RR1 and with the high windows etc. it's one of the Queen's cars. ISTR that the monarch is the only person in the UK not required to display a registration plate, so there was no problem there.

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eddie99

posted on 30/4/11 at 12:45 PM Reply With Quote
I think it was great to see william driving himself.... great to see in such a lovely aston.... and as above... who cares about the plates





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blakep82

posted on 30/4/11 at 01:08 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by scootz
Had to laugh at the wishy-washy Beeb commentary at that point... "and isn't it nice to see them out and about without any security".

I'm guessing you've not noticed the whacking-great Range Rover driving 3-feet behind them with a PPO and 3 back-up!

Or all the armed uniforms standing between them and the crowd!


BBC 3 news update thing was even better
"later, the couple enjoyed some fun in a convertible"





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SteveWalker

posted on 30/4/11 at 08:09 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by eddie99
I think it was great to see william driving himself.... great to see in such a lovely aston.... and as above... who cares about the plates


They all drive themselves when they want to. There were photos some years ago of the Queen attending a shoot - she looked a right scruffy mess and drove herself there in a series Landrover. You've got to give her respect for that.

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blakep82

posted on 30/4/11 at 08:20 PM Reply With Quote
apparently the queens quite a mechanic too, could put most of us to shame lol





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MikeR

posted on 30/4/11 at 08:29 PM Reply With Quote
The car is taxed, if you watch the footage, you can see the tax disk. I suspect its marked as a special car & therefore doesn't come up when you do a tax disk search.

I thought it was absolutely fabulous and like many things yesterday loved it. I wish them all the happiness & hope they have a long and happy life together.

and on Tuesday I'm putting money on Harry getting to know Pippa

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owelly

posted on 30/4/11 at 08:55 PM Reply With Quote
The Queen can use a vehicle with blank number plates but should still have them.The charge for not having any at all would be a civil offence, not a motoring one, of avading prosecution or perverting the course of justice. I'm not sure that those two had any intentions of causing trouble....
And the road traffic acts applies to 'public places'. I'm pretty certain that closing the roads and lining them with barriers and security would make the roads fairly unpublic.
Not wearing the seat belts in the Aston? Was it fitted with any? Or did it have lap belts? Either way, I couldn't give a toss.
The only thing that would have been cooler than the Aston would have been for them to leave on the Ducati one the back wheel with her dress up round her armpits as that's what happens if you pillion insists one wearing a dress........(he won't do that again)





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austin man

posted on 30/4/11 at 09:38 PM Reply With Quote
I wouldnt think that it is in the best interest of royalty to have people able to access certain information so woul not be accesible via DVLA, the car did not require seat belts due to its age and it would also be tax exempt, it would carry a tax disc if ths where the case.

I see no one picked up that it had been converted to run on unwanted wine lol





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RK

posted on 30/4/11 at 10:21 PM Reply With Quote
Government vehicles do not have insurance. If your government cannot afford to pay for repairs in case of a prang by a royal, you have bigger problems than that!
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