| Although many members of the public are now | | | | celebrities to indulge in the world of personal |
| realising the advantages of owning a personalised | | | | number plates Chris Tarrant, Nicky Clarke, |
| number plate, it's common knowledge that | | | | Tommy Walsh, Linda Lusardi, and Engelbert |
| amongst the majority of buyers are celebrities. | | | | Humperdinck are just a few of the celebrities |
| From the bottom of the "Z-list", right to the top | | | | who acquired their personalised number plates |
| of the "A-list", more and more household names | | | | through Dunstable-based dealer Regtransfers. |
| are jumping on the personal number plates | | | | So what is it that makes celebrities so fond of |
| bandwagon. | | | | personalised registrations? As Linda Lusardi and |
| Take England football star Wayne Rooney, for | | | | her husband Sam Kane put it, "I think they're |
| example, who proudly displays WAZ 8 on his | | | | really nice to have. And I think when you just run |
| £174,000 Aston Martin. Wayne acquire the | | | | out of gift ideas for people it's nice if you can find |
| nickname "Wazza" from his Manchester United | | | | something like this." |
| team-mates. Unsurprisingly, Wayne Rooney isn't | | | | Many of the celebrities who purchase personalised |
| the only famous footballer to have purchased a | | | | number plates like to display their profession on |
| personalised number plate. Some other names | | | | their plates. Take Iwan Thomas, for instance the |
| include the likes of David Beckham, Chris Waddle, | | | | gold medallist 400m runner has R400 RUN |
| Steve Staunton, Barry Venison, Vinnie Jones, Rio | | | | displayed on his car, whilst Ground Force's |
| Ferdinand, Roy Keane, Emile Heskey, Darius | | | | Tommy Walsh proudly displays MRD 1Y (Mr. DIY) |
| Vassell, James Beattie and Des Walker. Reading | | | | on the Ground Force truck. World famous |
| chairman John Madejski owns a variety of | | | | magician Paul Daniels carries MAG 1C on his car, |
| personalised number plates, saying: "I see them as | | | | and is a firm believer in the qualities of |
| an essential finishing touch to any prestigious car." | | | | personalised number plates. |
| As you'd expect, footballers aren't the only | | | | |