{"id":22459,"date":"2019-03-26T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T09:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zestcarrental.com\/blog\/?p=22459"},"modified":"2021-11-17T11:49:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T11:49:31","slug":"automobile-registered-for-sovereign-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zestcarrental.com\/blog\/automobile-registered-for-sovereign-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"April Fool! 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