Admiralty Arch, seen during the London heat of the World Grand Prix
Admiralty Arch is an office building in the form of an elaborate portal. It acts as the gateway between Trafalgar Square and The Mall (which leads to Buckingham Palace), and was originally the headquarters building of the Royal Navy (hence the name).
In June 2012, plans were announced for a real London Grand Prix which would for a large part be along the Pixar route. However, the bid was formally abandoned in December, when the London Legacy Development Company rejected the proposal for "uncertainty" and "assumptions" in the business plan.
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- The Latin inscription : ANNO : DECIMO : EDWARDI : SEPTIMI : REGIS : VICTORIÆ : REGINÆ : CIVES : GRATISSIMI : MDCCCCX : (In the tenth year of King Edward VII, to Queen Victoria, from most grateful citizens, 1910) was replaced by : ANNO : DECIMO : EDWARDI : SEPTIMI : REGIS : VICTORIÆ : CORONÆ : AUTOCINETA : GRATISSIMI MDCCCCX (In the tenth year of King Edward VII, to Crown Victoria, from most grateful cars, 1910) as it war car-ified.
- The inscription saying "Crown Victoria" is a pun between Queen Victoria, and Ford Crown Victoria.