Mishap While Driving
In November 2001 she also caused headlines when, after dropping off her husband at an official dinner at the Royal Palace in Oslo, accidentally drove her Volkswagen Passat down the steps in front of the palace, with the political press corps as shocked onlookers. The following morning Dagbladet - one of the largest newspapers in Norway - filled its frontpage with a picture of the tire marked stairs and the headline "Eli took the stairs - with her car".
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