Britannia Week – the solution to holiday car hire

Of course, once you get to the island you have to be able to get around. This is the 1950s remember and the motor car had not yet extended its polluting reach to every corner of the globe. Like decent booze, if you wanted something, you had to bring it from home. And what could be more practical to carry on a ship and use to ferry Royal passengers around dirt roads than a Rolls Royce Phantom.

You may have been impressed by the ship, but just imagine if the first car you ever saw was a Rolls Royce Phantom. Anything after that is going to be a massive anti-climax; if some joker rolls up in a jeep a few years later and tries to impress the natives about the wonders of civilization, they might politely point out that yes, your toy car is very nice, but it lacks a walnut dashboard and where the hell is the decanter in the back?