Prince Charles drives himself to Commonwealth Games in vintage car
Now that’s how you make a grand entrance.
Prince Charles and wife Camilla Parker Bowles made a spectacular entrance at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday when he drove his Aston Martin into the arena for the opening ceremony
The vintage sports car is powered by bioethanol which is derived from wine and cheese by-products.
The royal heir bought the car in 1970 and later modified it to run on biofuels, using ethanol from cheese-making whey and wine unfit for human consumption.
A longtime proponent of the environment, Charles warned in a 1970 speech, “We are faced at this moment with the horrific effects of pollution in all its cancerous forms.”
Since then the Duke of Cornwall has forcefully spoken out about climate change and has railed against the use of genetically modified food.
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