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The Maharajah Rolls-Royce in the hotel lobby

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Created on May 2, 2013

Reading time 3min

Written by:

Daniel Reinhard

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Daniel Reinhard

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Theo Civitello - Courtesy RM Auctions

Rolls-Royce Heritage / Rolls-Royce Pressedienst

Darin Schnabel - Courtesy RM Auctions

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Summary

Hotels are always coming up with something to impress or entertain their guests. In the lobby of the St. Regis Hotel in Doha (Qatar), there is a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost that is over 100 years old and has a very special history. This report summarizes the history of the night-black Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost from 1911 and shows it in some pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

Eight vehicles for the Delhi Durbar
Back to England
Further changes of ownership
Many honors

Estimated reading time: 3min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Hotels always come up with something to impress or entertain their guests. There are girls doing gymnastics, searching for good bottles in 20-metre-high "wine cellars" or fountains and other water features. In the lobby of the St. Regis Hotel in Doha (Qatar), however, there is a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost that is over 100 years old and has a very special history. To celebrate the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary in 1911, the so-called Delhi Durbar was organized, spectacular and ostentatious, the like of which has never been seen before or since. Eight identical Rolls-Royce Landaulets were ordered and delivered for the occasion.

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