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A DRIVER has smashed their £500,000 Aston Martin DB6, which is loved by King Charles, into a back garden.
The classic 1960s motor came off a country road near Petworth, West Sussex, on Saturday.
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Sealed off with police tape, it seems to have ploughed into someone’s back fence.
Covered in dust and leaves, the emerald green car appears to have spun out of control when going round a sharp bend.
The three-door rare Aston Martin is wedged in between trees and mud – but doesn’t look to have any major smashes or dents.
The Sun understands the owner bought the vehicle for just £40k 20 years ago.
It has since massively hiked up in price making it worth half a million pounds.
Arguably a collectors item now, the car is adored by the new monarch.
King Charles, 74, owns a blue one which was gifted to him by the Queen on his 21st birthday.
Speaking to the BBC in 2021, the King admitted he was a petrolhead before climate change issues became a primary concern for him.
So in 2008, the sports car underwent an extraordinary eco conversion.
The King explained: “I hardly have a chance to drive it now but that now runs on waste products.
“Can you believe this, surplus English white wine and whey from the cheese process.”
The conversion means his Seychelles Blue 1970 Aston Martin DB6 Volante MkII convertible now runs on a biofuel called bioethanol.
But the environmentally-friendly conversion is not the only quirky modification the King has made to his Aston.
He’s also said to have stuck a fake red “eject” button on the dashboard to spook his passengers.
King Charles lent the car to Prince William for his wedding day in 2011, when he whisked Kate Middleton off in it.
The Aston Martin DB6 rolled off the British carmaker’s factory floor in September 1965 and was in production until January 1971.
Auction house Sotheby’s recently had a silver version of the King’s motor up for sale with a £550,000 starting price.
It was also a favourite of James Bond in the hit 007 movies.