Lead: as the most famous luxury car brand in the world, Rolls-Royce with the distinguished elegance temperament is always noble darling, you have me, I have you overlap double R logo, elegant flying goddess logo and even redefined the meaning of success in people's mind. (source: YOKA)
Rolls-Royce was founded in 1906, the beginning of Frederick Henry Royce (Henry Les) and Charles Stewart Rolls (Charlie Laws) manufacturing models only double R logo, but not today is regarded as a classic flying goddess, on its origin, but there is a beautiful love story.
Like all stories, the story happened a long time ago. In 1902, the Conservative Party born noble family members of the British, renowned influential man, also served as the "auto Bild" editor John Montague, in the nightclub encounters a beautiful dancer Eleanor Thornton, Montagu Thornton at first sight, and he will be proficient in painting Thornton dancing in the paper, and gave it to Eleanor Thornton.
Eleanor Thornton is a young father was abandoned, and by shining shoes for the mother of the unfortunate girl, in order to support the family and to cure his mother seriously ill in bed, she had arrived at the nightclub when socialite. In the brothel removed for a long time Thornton has been used to see the man's indifference, but Montagu's 7 sketch again she has melted the ice cold heart, soon after they fell in love.
But at the time of the social environment, Cinderella and the prince's love story is not meant to be a blessing, as the fairy tale plot, their love was as the upper class Montagu family opposition, old Montagu will son out of the house, and to cut off from the economy. Montagu and Eleanor rented a house, the embarrassment of life made him feel powerless. He began to lose his temper with Eleanor. This makes the unknown truth Eleanor very confused. At this time, the old Sir and Montagu on the grounds of illness will cheat home, and it was closed for three months.
During Montagu's absence, the old knight found Eleanor, and told her that she was about to marry a noble woman, and gave her a check to keep her away from her son, and that it was not until the end of the day that he was in the middle of the day, that he was not. Old Sir Eleanor left, in tears all day. Although she believed that Montagu would be able to return to their side, but she has been pregnant, she was waiting for a month full of despair, for the children had to accept the old jazz checks away from their loved ones.
When Montagu was released, he could no longer find the trace of Eleanor, who told him that he had run away with another man. The grief stricken Montagu was hit, he no longer believe in love, become the game of life and began to lead a gay life, really, and married a lady.
Unfortunately, let Montagu in the bar. Maybe it was God's love for the loving couple, four years later, Montagu met in a bar with Thornton. Then Montagu followed Thornton, in a dilapidated house in the low ghetto, where he saw the children, and saw the pictures of the two men who had been attached to the wall, and the portrait of the seven. He learned the truth in order to save the family reputation, had no choice but to divorce, and Thornton depression of underground affair.
Then Montagu's artist friend Charles Sykes learned that their story, he was deeply touched by the love of twists and turns, in 1909 at Montagu's request, with Thornton as the prototype created a vivid sculpture: a young girl standing against the wind, let the skirt flying in the wind, but the index finger gently place on your lips and this is a symbol of the unspeakable secret emotion between Thornton and Montagu. The sculpture was named "whisper".
Montagu put the first "whisper" on the front of his Rolls-Royce Silver Charm sedan, which implicitly declared his love. Soon, this unique logo was unknown to the society of Rolls-Royce owners cited as. In February 6, 1911, the "whisper" as the prototype of the silver flying goddess officially fly on the Rolls-Royce front, as Rolls-Royce car stereo standard.
If the story here is that this abrupt end, the couple will live happily together forever, but the reality is often more cruel than the fairy tale. In a shipwreck, Thornton unfortunately died, although Montagu was rescued after 36 hours of floating in the sea, but the loss of the soul of the lover can not repair the trauma. Mr. Routh, who knew the matter, decided to try to soothe his friend in a special way. From the beginning of 1915, Rolls-Royce will take Thornton as the change from the silver white for the production of nickel alloy flying goddess "logo", to represent the prototype manufacturing of Rolls-Royce automobile incomparable quality, as well as Montagu and Thornton love will never fade.
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