Royal Prince Uprights

[kirbyclassiciii]

Although Royal's "Prince" model name is commonly associated with their hand vacs, this same model name was also used on some of their top-tier metal uprights starting in 1986.

One example is this model 786, dated September 1988.

~Ben

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

1986 Prince II 870

Royal also made vacuums in the "Prince II" guise, with the same baby-blue trim color as the model 880.

This is a model 870 dated November 1986.

But, one question comes to mind: didn't Royal also reserve the "Prince" and "Prince II" names for such former Electro-Hygiene models as 285 and 903, and the trio of removable-head models 888, 980 and 990?

~Ben

 

[kc_kirby]

Ben, I have never seen any of the removable models with the word "Prince" on the bag. I believe all of them had Prestige or Supreme on their bags. The 990 was Galaxie prestige, the 980 was Supreme Electro Hygiene and the 888 was Royal Prestige.

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

I'd love to see a late 1986/early 1987 model 888, 980 or 990 sometime. It's those models whose serial # started with date code "I86" (9/1986) to "C87" (3/1987).

~Ben