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The Maestro remembered

‘BY KIND PERMISSION of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, the Moss family invites you to celebrate the life of Sir Stirling Moss OBE; remembering the friend, the father, the racer, the gentleman, the joker, and the world-renowned hero who was admired by so many.’

Four years after his death on Easter Sunday 2020, at the age of 90, the motoring world gathered at the spectacular Westminster Abbey to celebrate the life of Stirling Moss. Delayed because of Covid restrictions, more than 2000 people joined his son Stirling Elliot Moss and daughter-in law Helen Jane Moss on 8 May.

The huge service was attended by Prince

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