falkor
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Yahoo! news covered this earlier this year
"While it remains well documented that Princess Grace of Monaco died after her Rover P6 3500 plunged off a mountain pass, what's less well-known are the mysterious circumstances thereafter...
"Old cars possess an almost talismanic quality. No other man-made object boasts the same disturbing allure of age-old metal and drivetrain. More emotions are involved with our classic cars than most human relationships.
"It’s why tales of crime and death surrounding vehicles – now cherished by devoted custodians – offers a mixed bag of perverse interest and cultural modelling. None with the same blend of mystery and uneasy fate as Grace Kelly’s accident behind the wheel of her Rover P6 V8.
"While France’s steep, winding southern roads of Corniche no longer radiate with the sun-drenched image portrayed by 1950s cinema, instead relegated to the contemporary curse of sluggish gridlock and nervous traffic lights, the tarmac undulations remain ultimately demanding.
"It was on this road – the D37 – that Princess Grace of Monaco suffered a devastating incident on 13 September 1982; her dark green Rover lurched over the edge of a 120-foot mountainside drop, rapidly spiralling into the undergrowth with a masticating crunch of metal.
"While it remains well documented that Princess Grace of Monaco died after her Rover P6 3500 plunged off a mountain pass, what's less well-known are the mysterious circumstances thereafter...
"Old cars possess an almost talismanic quality. No other man-made object boasts the same disturbing allure of age-old metal and drivetrain. More emotions are involved with our classic cars than most human relationships.
"It’s why tales of crime and death surrounding vehicles – now cherished by devoted custodians – offers a mixed bag of perverse interest and cultural modelling. None with the same blend of mystery and uneasy fate as Grace Kelly’s accident behind the wheel of her Rover P6 V8.
"While France’s steep, winding southern roads of Corniche no longer radiate with the sun-drenched image portrayed by 1950s cinema, instead relegated to the contemporary curse of sluggish gridlock and nervous traffic lights, the tarmac undulations remain ultimately demanding.
"It was on this road – the D37 – that Princess Grace of Monaco suffered a devastating incident on 13 September 1982; her dark green Rover lurched over the edge of a 120-foot mountainside drop, rapidly spiralling into the undergrowth with a masticating crunch of metal.