For sale in Harrogate: Morris Minor - one careful (royal) lady owner

THE Countess of Wessex’s old Morris Minor is to go up for sale at auction in Harrogate.
The Morris Minor that once belonged to the Countess of the WessexThe Morris Minor that once belonged to the Countess of the Wessex
The Morris Minor that once belonged to the Countess of the Wessex

Sophie’s first car - a maroon 1968 Morris Minor 1000 Saloon - was bought for her in 1988 by her then boyfriend Jeremy Barkley when she was known as Sophie Rhys-Jones.

The Countess, who previously worked in PR, married the Earl of Wessex in 1999.

The vehicle is being sold by Bonhams auction house at a collectors’ motorcars sale at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate on November 12. It is expected to fetch between £5,000 and £7,000.