Diana's first Escort
I had to laugh when I read that Princess Diana’s old Ford Escort Ghia has just been sold at an Essex auction for £52,000.
The last time I saw the royal runabout, I was strapped into the passenger seat, terrified for my life. I was hurtling at loomph down the Ml in the early hours of the morning in the teeth of a storm, being driven by Lord Rothermere’s chauffeur, affectionately known to all as Maltese Joe.
‘For God’s sake, Joe,’ I yelled above the crack of
