This Day in History: Edward, Prince of Wales, rides in a motorcar

On February 14, 1896, Edward, Prince of Wales, future King Edward VII, became the first British royal to ride in a motorcar. It was likely a Daimler-engineered Panhard et Levassor, as the event was engineered by motorcar-industry promoter HJ Lawson to celebrate the creation of the Daimler Motor Company.