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Article: Belgravia's adventurers head for the desert Two young Britons will tomorrow start the Granada-Dakar Rally with a minimum of preparation and knowledge. Jeremy Hart reports
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- December 31, 1994
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Princess Caroline barely got far enough on the Paris-Dakar Rally
to get Sahara sand between her toes, Mark Thatcher and Charlotte
Vernay didn't know how far they'd got (and for a week neither did
anyone else) and shipping heiress Kinvara Cayzer di dn't even make it
across the Channel for the start of the rally that has ensnared more
socialites than a pack of paparazzi photographers.
On Sunday two more Belgravia adventurers will attempt the
seemingly impossible, to finish the world's longest annual rally
through North Africa. For brothers Mark and Simon Dutton, the Chelsea
cruise is not challenge enough.
"There are so few competitions where you can compete against the
top drivers. The ...