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27^th September 2010, New stuff coming soon; watch out for the story of the Blue 2200HLS rescued from a barn and restored over year long period. March 17^th 2010. Updated April 7^th 2010, Some users have informed me that pictures will not load when viewing this website using certain browsers such as Firefox when using iMac. This fix may or may not work... 1. In your taskbar at the bottom right there should be a little blue-green icon that l. In your taskbar at the bottom right there should be a little blue-green icon that looks like a globe. Double-click it to open the Symantec Client Firewall control panel. 2. Click on the tab on the left that says 'Client Firewall' 3. In smaller text along there should be a selection for 'Internet Access Control'. Click it. 4. In the right-hand pane, click the 'Add' button. This will bring up a file browser window. Navigate to the folder where the Firefox application lives, click it, and then click 'Open.' (Your Firefox application probably lives at C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe) 5. A window should pop up which offers you options for Firefox's access to the internet. Make sure the 'Permit this application to access the internet' button is selected, and click 'Ok.' That's it. This process is the same for any program, just select a different program in step 4. December 16^th 2009, The website is undergoing a slight revamp.This means some pages will display differently to others. If you encounter any problems please email me. rovamota@aol.com October 3^rd 2009, The new forum is now up and running and the member list is increasing daily. Why not join in now? August 16^th 2009, There is a problem with the members’ forum making it difficult to post or reply. I have no control over the forum and the problem should hopefully be resolved by the server. August 2^nd 2009, Yayyyy! At last a new page!!!! Find out what happened to the Top Gear Princess 2200HL. May 22^nd 2009, A rare Morris on the for sale page, and the latest addition to my Princess 2000ST May 11^th 2009, A few more additions to the database. April 17^th 2009, Sorry, but I have to admit I’ve been a bit lazy updating this site lately, but for now I’ve added two more Wedges to the database. I’m still very grateful for any information or stories owners or enthusiasts want to share. January 3^rd 2009, Princess development story updated with new images. November 17^th 2008, Another owners Wedge added to the gallery. August 17^th 2008, Take a look at Wedge enthusiast Lee Allen’s newly acquainted Wedge. August 16^th 2008, Haven’t been updating much here lately due to the fact I’ve been otherwise occupied with the garden. Anyway, for now two more Wedges have been added to the database, and the events page has been updated by removing some old ones. Also, the Princess 2 page has been slightly updated. June 14^th 2008, Two more unusual Wedges added to the Specials gallery. May 15^th 2008, Robin Siggs Wedge Story updated, and another addition to the database. April 19^th 2008, A couple of Ambassadors added to the database. April 10^th 2008, Yet more Wedges added to the database. Keep them coming! April 4^th 2008, A Wolseley added to the gallery. March 23^rd 2008, Ultra rare Austin 2200HL spotted for sale by a classic car specialist. http://www.bradleyjamesclassics.co.uk/car_pages/1822.htm March 17^th 2008. Fantastic new Wedge Story added to the site with some great pictures. March 12^th 2008. In order to get up to date information on how many Wedges are still on the road I’ve set up a database. If you have seen or own a Wedge just email me the details and I’ll add it to the database. Full details here. March 4^th 2008. After a brief hiatus Leyland Princess is now back on-line. If you spot any problems please email me. January 28^th 2008. A new Wedge Story tells the discovery of a rare Torcars Princess. January 11^th 2008, Top Gear BL Special page updated. December 28^th 2007, At last, I’ve added a specifications page so that you can see at a glance all the engines, dimensions and performance of the Princess and Ambassador. December 13^th 2007, After the Top Gear BL special shown on November 25^th this website had an extra 80,000 hits the following day, with an extra 15,000 actual visitors. Quite a record! A shame that the cars were quite badly treated, including being filled with water, but as it turned out the Princess came through with the most points and was declared the best car British Leyland ever built. Can’t argue with that! October 3^rd 2007, A new series of Top Gear starts on BBC2 this Sunday (October 7^th) at 8.00pm and among a host of features in the new series there will be a BL special which will pit a Princess 2200HL, a Rover 3500 SD1 and a Triumph Dolomite Sprint against each other in a bid to find out which one was the best of British Leyland. The special will be shown on Sunday November 25^th. Pictures from the show coming soon. September 29^th 2007, Princess modifying page updated. September 5^th 2007, Tony Cooney’s Wedge added to the gallery. August 28^th 2007, Princess 1800HL added to the Wedges For Sale page. August 7^th 2007, Club 100 Special and Special Six pages updated. August 1^st 2007, Princess 2 page updated with new text. July 16^th 2007, The new leylandprincess.co.uk logo is now on the home page. Hope you like it. June 27^th 2007, Australian Wedges added to the owners gallery. June 15^th 2007, New section that shows how to fix basic and not so basic problems. First up is a front displacer swap. June 4^th 2007, My Wedge story updated with details of my latest arrival. May 18^th 2007, New advert added to the Advertising section May 10^th 2007, Princess 2 styling concepts page added. May 8^th 2007, Princess engine range pages updated, with more in-depth development stories. New event coming up for Wedge owners’ this month. May 7^th 2007, New Wedge added to the gallery. May 1^st 2007. Wedges For Sale page updated, with two separate pages; one for cars and one for spares. New Wedge added to the Owners’ gallery March 12^th 2007, Princess Development story updated. March 6^th 2007, It’s 25 years since the Austin Ambassador was launched this month, so leylandprincess.co.uk celebrates and highlights the range and its development. January 23^rd 2007, Pressed into action page updated with a link to the article that appeared in the Telegraph. Only took two years to get in! January 4^th 2007, Another Wedge Story added. December 19^th 2006, New page added with information about Princess die-cast models now available. December 6^th 2006, Ambassador development story slightly updated. November 7^th 2006, Hearses and limousines page update with new pictures. November 6^th 2006, Buyer’s guide updated and buying a Princess page updated. October 28^th 2006, New Wedge story added from Holland. Send me your Wedge Stories. Don’t keep them to yourself, tell the world about your Wedge and what makes it so special to you, and don’t forget the pictures! August 17^th 2006, New Wedge added to the Gallery. July 23^rd 2006, Brochures pages updated with more images. June 7^th 2006, Another Wedge Story added May 30^th 2006, 1800ST added to the Specials section. May 25^th 2006, Latest update on Bert Drenth’s Princess restoration. May13th 2006, Fantastic new Wedge Forum now open. Join in the chat! October 8^th 2005, Come On! I need all you Wedge owners out there to get writing and send me your Wedge Stories. Don’t keep them to yourself, tell the world about your Wedge and what makes it so special to you, and don’t forget the pictures! October 8^th 2005, Brochures section updated with a new index page with links to each page. Ambassador brochure added to the section. October 19^th 2005, Links page updated. May 10^th 2006, New Wedge Story added. April 15^th 2006, More pictures added to the Press Photos page. March 28^th 2006, Ministerial Wolseley page updated. February 22^nd 2006, Bert Drenth tells us about his plans to rebuild his newly acquired Princess body shell. January 31^st 2006, Ever wondered how many Wedges are still on the road? This page will tell you… November 21^st 2005, Pictures from the NEC Classic Car Show 2005. November 1^st 2005, New page showing some of the concept designs for the ADO71. Updates earlier than this have been removed.