In 1923, the future King Edward VIII commissioned coachbuilders Barker to refinish the chassis of a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost to create a shooting brake with a difference. It featured specially commissioned black pull-down silk blinds, and it is rumored that these were installed so he could smuggle guests (particularly Wallis Simpson) in and out of Balmoral without their being seen.
The Rolls-Royce – chassis no. 1346 – was used by the royal family until 1940, and after its subsequent sale, the car and the shooting brake coachwork were subsequently separated. Another Silver Ghost – chassis no. 107EM – was then fitted with the discarded ex-Edward VIII Barker coachwork in the 1960s.