Her Majesty created her own custom Jaguar XJ hearse

The announcement of Queen Elizabeth's death took global attention as world leaders and citizens expressed their grief as a tribute to the loss of Her Majesty who died at the age of 96.

Her Majesty had been the face of her country for more than 70 long reign and next on the throne goes to King Charles III.

Prior to her death this week and given her enthusiastic interest in cars over the years, Her Majesty had her final stroll in a Jaguar XJ hearse.

The State Hearse, in which Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II travelled from RAF Northolt to Buckingham Palace and will also be used for the funeral, was designed by The Royal Household and Jaguar Land Rover.

The hearse is equipped with large windows on the sides and back, a see-through glass roof, and three bright spotlights inside along one roof edge, which illuminates the raised coffin.

On top of furnished Royal Claret, the same colour applied for the vehicle as the official Royal and State vehicles kept in the Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace which were used for official duties by Members of the Royal Family.

The vehicle has been on standby since it was finished, and recently just had its first official use. Notably, the Queen's hearse's bonnet ornament is a bespoke silver-plated bronze statue of St George slaying a dragon, which is also used on the Queen's Bentley state limousine.

The car was designed to give members of the public a clear view of the coffin as it travels through London and Windsor.

Now that the 'X351' Jaguar XJ officially ends production in 2019, there’s a new Jaguar XJ powered by an electric motor which unfortunately scrapped months before its debut.  

While she was always chauffeured in public, the Queen enjoyed driving herself and was a skilled driver who trained as a mechanic and truck driver near the end of WWII.

According to a source, despite never having been allowed to ride in a London bus or taxi, she passed her driving course in two days less than the prescribed time.

On September 8 2022, the Queen died at Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Following her death, her coffin was driven through the Scottish countryside to Edinburgh, where it was flown to London.

Following the war, the Queen enjoyed a wide range of British cars inclusive of Rolls-Royce, Bentley, a Rover P5 B, a Vauxhall Cresta estate, and a Jaguar X-Type wagon.

Her true passion, however, was Land Rovers, and she is said to have amassed a car collection worth around RM 52 million (£10 million)