Originally Posted by
Tay Cough
There is a film somewhere of HM driving herself around in a V8 Landie, so she was clearly a petrolhead. None of that diesel nonsense for her.
Balmoral is way up in The Highlands, where starting of diesels in sub-zero temperatures was a longstanding issue. I believe the fire engine in Braemar, the nearby village, was the last petrol-engined fire engine in the country, wholly to assure starting in winter weather.