Prince Philip mixes with the bad boys of F1 at the 1975 British Grand Prix.
From left: Lord Hesketh, James Hunt and Bubbles Horsley.
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Couldn’t make it up? Of course you could, if you were writing an overblown novel: wealthy aristocrat backer, dashing driver coming from nowhere, yachts, champagne, parties, and then beating established names with a car they built themselves in the stables of a stately home. No one would really believe it – but it happened.