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What are Royal Warrants?Royal Warrants are awarded to people or companies who have regularly supplied goods or services for a minimum of five years to The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother or The Prince of Wales.Subject to application, the warrant allows the recipient to use the description 'By Royal Appointment' and to display the Royal Arms on his or her products. Warrants are regularly reviewed. Warrants can be cancelled at any time, and it is automatically reviewed if the grantee dies or leaves the business, or if the firm goes bankrupt or is sold. There are rules to ensure that high standards are maintained. High quality products, crafts and services have been supplied to the monarchy for hundreds of years. In the reign of Henry VIII, one Thomas Hewytt was appointed to 'Serve the Court with Swannes and Cranes and all kinds of Wildfoule', and an Anne Harris was appointed as the 'King's Laundresse'. Warrant holders today represent a large cross-section of British trade and industry, including suppliers of a variety of products and services ranging from agricultural machinery to computer software, and from dry cleaners to fishmongers. A number of firms have a record of Royal Warrants reaching back over more than 100 years. There are currently around 850 warrant holders, holding over 1,000 Royal Warrants between them (some have more than one Royal Warrant). |
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