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  • The Classic MotorCycle

    Regal riding

    Jul 03, 2019 1 minute
    Photograph: MORTONS ARCHIVE

    Prince Michael of Kent, then aged 17, poses on a ‘…sleek and shiny motorcycle belonging to his friend Duke Amedeo Di Savoia Aosta, who sits on the bonnet of a small car published the picture, in its September 7 issue of 1959, the young Duke was cropped from the picture, just leaving the Prince astride the small Italian machine.

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