Word: lagonda
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...autograph. While aghast flunkies scurried to his rescue, the Prince obliquely hinted that the royal scrawl is not available to souvenir hunters, cracked: "Well, I know it's an old custom-but you see I don't know how to write," sped off in his Lagonda as Secretary Davis was hustled away. Said she: "The Prince seemed so informal among the ponies and crowds. I thought it would be all right." Said an embassy spokesman: "She has only been here three months-but she should have known better...
...princely rogue (Richard Todd), his manner as cool as the Lagonda he drives, enters the villa and announces that he is her brother. He sports the right tattoo, recites her favorite rhyme, even knows how to mix the apéritif she guzzles before a swim. When she calls a friendly, reliable old uncle (Alexander Knox) to denounce the rascal, uncle celebrates his nephew's reincarnation. Then a couple of creepy, creeping servants jangle her nerves even more. Who is the hero? Is it the sad-mouthed police comisario (Herbert Lorn) who lurks in the shadows? Is there...
...royal couple's black Lagonda, with Prince Philip at the wheel, swept up the driveway and pulled to a stop, the Queen Anne windows of the school were crammed with the curious faces of earlier arrivals. Placing a smart new hat with a blue C firmly on his head, Charles stepped up to the waiting headmaster at his mother's behest, raised the hat and shook hands with a firm...
Bowling down to Windsor Castle with Queen Elizabeth a few hours after he had exhorted Britain's Automobile Association that "anything is worth trying to reduce Britain's horrible casualty figure," Prince Philip tried to stop his elegant green Lagonda convertible when a Morris slowed for a turn, failed to brake fast enough, clonked into the tiny car. The Morris pilot hopped out in a huff, "thinking 'Some stupid clod's hit me,' " melted immediately when Philip cheerfully took the blame. Damage to Queen, Prince and commoner: none. To Philip's prestige as president...
...began designing, in 1947, the sleek, swift "DB" (for David Brown) sports cars, which were soon winning many a British and European trophy. Brown turned each year's racing model into the following year's production model, also produced a luxurious, saloon-type car (the Lagonda). Although production is limited (about ten a week) and the cars are virtually handmade, they have earned Brown plenty of prestige and some profits. This year his DB3 latest racers have won six out of eight races, including England's premier race, the T.T. (for Tourist Trophy...