Il 4 maggio dello stesso anno, Royce viene presentato a Charles Rolls al Midland Hotel di Manchester; la coppia decide di concludere un accordo in cui Royce avrebbe prodotto automobili, per essere vendute esclusivamente da Rolls. ###>He made his first car, a two-cylinder Royce 10, in his Manchester factory in 1904, and was introduced to Charles Rolls at the Midland Hotel, Manchester on 4 May of that year.