Prince Charles Is a Drink Driver …
… titles The Sun. But be careful to read correctly, “drink” and not “drunk“. And it’s explained as follows:
“The classic gas-guzzler, a DB6 Volante given to the Prince by the Queen to mark his 21st birthday in 1970, has been overhauled to make it more environmentally-friendly.
It now runs on bioethanol extracted from local vineyards’ surplus plonk – at a cost of £1.10 per litre.“
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