I'm assuming looking at that photo he was walking with a stick, which he put behind him to stand up straight and look his best for the camera?
A little bit of classy, proper old school personified there in that photo if so.
I remember a story my Dad told me about him. In the 1960's as a teacher, he was on a school trip on a bus with all the kids going out of London toward Hampshire. On the motorway, one of the kids spotted a sports car with the roof down being driven by someone who looked like Stirling Moss. My...