The most recognisable brand in the world is Coca Cola. Known as the Black Death, it’s available in more than 200 countries and territories. But another recognised brand on the Top 10 List - at least according to the BBC - is Rolls-Royce. Born in 1877 in London’s affluent Berkeley Square, Charles Stewart Rolls was the third son of Lord and Lady Llangattock. After school at Eton, Rolls studied mechanical engineering at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was the first undergraduate to own a motor car. Having gained a reputation for tinkering with engines, Rolls earned the nicknames ‘Dirty Rolls’ and ‘Petrolls’. But the real genius behind the car’s success was Henry Royce, who came from the other side of the tracks.
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