But it certainly does appear that she was a huge fan of cars. In 1950, as Princess Elizabeth, she attended the first ever British Grand Prix Formula One race at Silverstone. As Queen from 1952, she never had to drive again in her lifetime if she didn't want to, but that certainly wasn’t for her, and she owned – and drove – a large number of different cars over the years.

And she continued to drive them until she was about 93 years of age. In this feature we’ll be looking at the Queen’s life in cars – both what she was driven in, but also some of the interesting choice of vehicles she chose to drive herself: