Lady Penelope

Many of us would like a chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce – but Thunderbirds’ Lady Penelope actually had one, and a pink one at that.

Yes, we know that the part of the well-dressed secret agent of the famous television series was performed by several different puppets – but the impact the show has had culturally makes us feel that we are entitled to feel envious of Lady P’s lifestyle anyway.

She was an aristocrat with flattering designer clothes and a large house in the British countryside!

Well, although we may never be able to get into the back of a pink chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce and say, “To the shops please, Parker,” we could own Lady Penelope herself since one of the original puppets is being auctioned off on the 29th of June this year.

Being sold dressed in a white 60’s summer dress, cream-coloured cardigan with light pink embroidered flowers on the shoulders and dusty-pink ballet-pump shoes – the Lady is estimated to make about £10,000 at auction.

Good luck, Lady Penelope, we hope you find a good, and very upmarket, home.

Labels: auction, chauffeur, Lady Penelope, Rolls Royce, Thunderbirds