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'Royal Warrants'
Coat of Arms of Queen Elizabeth II as issued in Scotland

'Royal Warrants of Appointment' have been issued for centuries to those who supply goods to a royal court or certain royal personages. In the United Kingdom, grants are currently made by three members of the British Royal Family to companies or tradespeople who supply goods and services to individuals in the family. The warrant enables the supplier to advertise the fact that they supply to the royal family, so lending prestige to the supplier. Warrants are currently granted for the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince of Wales. Warrants issued by the Queen Mother automatically expired five years after her death in 2002. Several other royal families allow tradesmen to advertise royal patronage, including the ruling dynasties of the Netherlands, Denmark, Thailand, and Sweden.
Some 800 individuals and companies - including a few non-UK companies - hold more than 1,100 warrants to the British royal family. Suppliers must have had a trading relationship with an individual in the family for at least five years before they can be considered for a warrant. Warrants are awarded at the discretion of the Lord Chamberlain, acting as the chairman of the Royal Household Tradesmen's Warrants Committee. Warrants are awarded for renewable terms of five years, though they can be revoked at any time; some warrants have been held for more than 100 years. Goods need not be for the use of the grantor. Cigarettes were only bought for the use of guests for example, but these warrants were cancelled in 1999 as a matter of public policy
Suppliers continue to charge for their goods and services - a warrant does not imply that they provide goods and services free of charge. The warrant is typically advertised on company hoardings, letter-heads and products by displaying the coat of arms of the Queen or Duke of Edinburgh or the badge of the Prince of Wales as appropriate. Underneath the coat of arms will usually appear the phrase "''By Appointment to...''" followed by the title and name of the supplier, and then what goods are provided. No other details of what is supplied may be given.
==Purveyors to the British Royal Family==
The following companies provide, or have provided, goods to the British royal family: A full list is available at the website of the [1] Royal Warrant Holders' Association. In 2007 the President of the Association is John Shepherd of Partridges and the Secretary is Richard Peck.

★ Aboyne & Ballater — flowers

★ Alden & Blackwell — books

Anderson & Sheppard — tailors

★ A & F Pears Ltd — transparent soap

Aquascutum — clothing

★ A Nash — brooms

Angostura Limited — bitters

Akzo Nobel — paints

Aston Martin — cars

Asprey — jeweler, goldsmith, and silversmith

Autoglym — car care products

J. Barbour & Sons Ltd — outdoor waterproof wear

Benson
★ Clegg
- buttons and badges

Benson & Hedges — cigarettes (withdrawn 1999)

Bentley — Motors

Bollinger S.A. — champagne

Boots The Chemist — chemists (American English: drug store)

British Gas Services — gas lamp lighting and maintenance

Britvic Soft Drinks — fruit juice

★ Bronnley — toiletries

BT Group - Communications, Broadband and Networked Services

Burberry — clothing

★ Calders and Grandidge — preserved timber fencing

Carphone Warehouse — mobile phones

★ Carr — crackers

Cadbury — chocolates/confectionery

Canadian Club — Canadian whisky (withdrawn)

Castrol — motor lubricant

Charbonnel et Walker — chocolate

Charles Frodsham and Co — clocks and watches

Chivas Regal - Scotch whisky

★ Cobb of Knightsbridge — meat

Colmans of Norwich — mustard

★ Cope & Timmins — brass

★ Corney & Barrow — wine

★ Coventry Scaffolding - Scaffolding Contractors

★ D R Harris — chemists

★ Dacrylate Paints Limited — paint and decorative acrylics

DHL — courier services and logistics

Ede and Ravenscroft — tailors and robemakers

★ Fairfax Meadow Farm — sausages

Farina gegenüber — eau de cologne

Ford Motor Company — motor vehicles

Fortnum and Mason — groceries

★ Frank Smythson — stationery

★ Gallyon & Sons — guns

Garrard & Co - jewellery and silverware

Gieves & Hawkes — tailors

Alexander Gordon & Co. — gin and vodka

Hatchards — books

Harrods (some withdrawn, others voluntarily removed)

Harvey Nichols — drapers

★ CH Haygarth & Sons, Gun & Rifle Makers, Gunmakers to HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

★ Hayter — grass cutting equipment

★ Hazlitt Gooden & Fox — arts & crafts

Holland & Holland — sporting firearms

Holt Renfrew — furrier; now Canadian upmarket department store

★ Howgate Dairy Foods — cheese

HP Foods — HP Sauces

Jaguar Cars Ltd — Jaguar and Daimler cars

★ James Baxter & Son — shrimps

★ James Cocker & Sons — roses

Jenners — furnishing materials

John Broadwood and Sons — pianos

John Lobb — bootmaker

Johnson Brothers — casual tableware

John Walker & Sons — Scotch whisky

Kent & Sons — hairbrushes

★ Kinloch Anderson — kilts and Highland dress

Kimberly-Clark — toiletries

Land Rover — cars

Laphroaig — single malt Scotch whisky

Lea & Perrins — Worcestershire sauce (its creator)

Linn Products — entertainment (hi-fi) systems

★ Lock & Co. — hatters

Louis Roederer - champagne

★ Mansour — antique carpets

★ Malvern — bottled water

MG Rover Group — cars

★ Partridges - groceries

Penhaligon's — toilet requisites

★ Petersfield Book Shop — picture frames

★ Plowden & Smith — restoration services

Price's Patent Candles Ltd — candles

Pringle of Scotland — clothing

★ R E Tricker — shoes

★ R G Hardie & Company — bagpipes

★ Roberts Radio

★ Spink — auctioneers

★ Spode — china

Stanley Gibbons — stamps

Suttons Seeds — bulbs and seeds

Tate & Lyle — treacle

Tanqueray — gin

★ Tom Smith Group — Christmas crackers

Truefitt & Hill — barber

Twinings — tea and coffee merchants

Veuve Cliquot — Champagne

Waitrose — groceries

★ William Crawford & Sons — biscuits

★ William Sanderson & Son — Scotch whisky

Wolsey — clothing manufacturers

Yardley — toiletries and personal products
==Imperial and Royal Purveyors to the Court (Austria-Hungary)' (''k.u.k. Hoflieferant'')==

Farina gegenüber — Eau de Cologne - 1872 to HM Kaiser Franz Josef I

Baczewski — vodka

Bösendorfer — pianos

Demel — cakes

Sacher — cakes

Contents
Purveyors to the Belgian royal family
Purveyors to the Danish royal family (''Kongelig Hofleverandør'')
Purveyors to the Dutch royal family
Purveyors to the Swedish Royal family ''(Kunglig hovleverantör)''
Purveyors to the Japanese Imperial Household Agency
Purveyors to the former French imperial family
Purveyors to the former Portuguese royal family
Purveyors to the former Romanian royal family
Purveyors to the former Prussian royal family
Purveyors to the former Bavarian royal family
Purveyors to the former Italian royal family
Purveyors to the former Russian imperial family
External links

Purveyors to the Belgian royal family



Farina gegenüber — Eau de Cologne to HM King Leopold II 1874

Neuhaus — Chocolates

Purveyors to the Danish royal family (''Kongelig Hofleverandør'')



Egmont — Denmarks biggest media group with magazines, films, DVDs, books, tv-programs, music, cartoons etc.[2]

Anthon Berg — candy

Carlsberg — beverages

Farina gegenüber — Eau de Cologne to HM King Christian VIII. 1847

ECCO — clothing and shoes

★ See more at www.hoflev.dk [3]

Purveyors to the Dutch royal family



Farina gegenüber — Eau de Cologne to HM King Willem III 1880

Veuve Clicquot — champagne

★ Van Bommel — shoes

Purveyors to the Swedish Royal family ''(Kunglig hovleverantör)''



★ AB Engmo

★ AB Gense

★ AB Ludvig Svensson

★ AB Operakällaren

★ AB Oscar Wigén

★ AB Sporrong

★ AB Stenströms Skjortfabrik

★ Abba Seafood AB

Abu AB

★ Almanacksförlaget AB

★ Amanda Christensen AB

Annas Pepparkakor

★ Aqua Sport i Stockholm AB

Arla Foods AB

★ Arvid Nordquist H.A.B.

★ Askwalls Gravyr AB

★ Atelier Borgila AB

★ Björn Axén Institute AB

★ Björnekulla Fruktindustrier AB

★ Björnhammarens Naturprodukter AB

★ Bogesunds Väveri AB

★ Borgvattnets GÃ¥rd och GÃ¥rdsmejeri

★ BorÃ¥s Wäfveri AB

BRIO AB

★ Brämhults Juice AB

★ Bukowski Auktioner AB

★ Bölebyns Garveri AB

★ Calligraphen AB

★ Cecil Grafström AB

Cloetta Fazer AB

★ Delicato bakverk AB

★ Designor AB

★ Dr PersFood

★ Duro Sweden AB

★ E-foto i Borgholm AB

★ Ejes Chokladfabrik AB

★ EKA-knivar AB

★ Ekelund — towels (Ekelund has also provided towels to the Emperor of Japan)

★ Elektriska AB Lennström

★ Express-Tryck AB

Farina gegenüber — Eau de Cologne - 1874 to HM King Oscar II

★ FENIX OUTDOOR AB

★ Fotograf Ingvar Arnmarker

★ Freys Hyrverk Stockholm AB

★ Frödinge Mejeri AB

★ Fällkniven AB

★ Fällmans Kött AB

★ Föreningen Handarbetets vänner upa

★ Gaudy Stockholm AB

Gevalia

Grand Hôtel Stockholm

★ Guldfynd

★ Gysinge Centrum för ByggnadsvÃ¥rd

★ Göteborgs Kex AB

★ Hardford AB

★ Hedéns Grafiska Konsult

★ Henkel Norden AB

★ HL Hemtextil AB

★ Hogia AB

★ Hovboktryckare Arne Heine

★ Hultberg Eftr. Ram o. Förgyllning

★ Hästens Sängar AB

IKEA Svenska Försäljnings AB

★ Insjöns Väveri AB

★ Interiör Inredningstextil CM/AB

★ Isaksson Porfyr

★ J F Nordlöf AB

★ Jyden AB

★ K.A. Almgren Sidenväveri AB

★ Kittys Hattar

★ Klippo AB

★ Klässbols Linneväveri AB

★ Konditori Bankett HB

Kraft Foods Sverige AB

★ Lars Kjellander, Ordensateljé

★ Leaf Sverige AB

★ Leif Ljungquist AB

★ Liljeholmens Stearinfabriks AB

★ Lindvalls Kaffe AB

★ Lisa Elmqvist Fiskaffär AB

★ Lundhags Skomakarna AB

★ Lundqvist Inredningar AB

★ Lysekils, Bakkavör Sweden AB

★ Löfbergs Lila AB

★ Manfred Ädelsmed

★ Martin Olsson Restauranghandel AB

★ Melanders Blommor AB

★ Mustadfors Bruks AB

★ MÃ¥lerÃ¥s glasbruk AB

★ Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB

★ Nordiska Flaggfabriken AB

★ Norma Precision AB

★ Norrmejerier Ek. För.

★ Nära Kroppen AB/Palmgrens

★ Observer Sverige AB

Orrefors Kosta Boda AB

★ Oscar Jacobson AB

★ Pahne Textil AB Strumpfabrik

★ Paradisverkstaden Design AB

★ Polaris Optic AB

★ Poseidon Industri AB

★ Procordia Food AB

★ PÃ¥gen AB

Ramlösa Hälsobrunn

★ Rikstelegram RT AB

★ Rob. Engström AB

★ Rosas Handel AB

Saab Automobile AB

★ Sabis AB

★ Sandberg Tyg och Tapet AB

★ Sandegaards Hantverk

★ Scand Office AB

★ Seger Europe AB

★ Scandinavian Eyewear AB

★ Skeppshultcykeln Albert Samuelsson & Co AB

★ Skogaholms Bröd AB

★ Skomakeri FramÃ¥t AB

★ Skrufs Glasbruk AB

★ Skultuna Messingsbruk AB

★ SkÃ¥nska Stearinljusfabriken AB

★ Smedbo AB

★ Solenbergs Bokbinderi AB

Spendrups Bryggeri AB

★ Steens Herrmode AB

★ Sterling Finemballage AB

★ Stockholms Militärekiperings AB

★ Strömma Turism & Sjöfart AB

Studio Glashyttan i Ã…hus AB

★ Svenskt Tenn

★ Tarkett Sommer AB

★ TeGe-Produkter

★ Tretorn Sweden AB

★ Tryckeri AB Björkmans Eftr.

★ Tvätt i Stockholm AB

★ W. A. Bolin AB

Wasabröd AB

★ Wasasten AB

★ Werner Vögeli, hovtraktör

★ Victoria Scandinavian Soap AB

★ Mauritz Widforss AB

★ Vi Engströms Livs

★ VO Vapen AB

★ Zia Design AB

★ Z-Metallform AB

★ Örnäs Produkter AB
Royal Warrant Holders in Sweden homepage: http://www.hovlev.se/index_e.html (In English)

Purveyors to the Japanese Imperial Household Agency


After WWII, the permission system was abolished, but purveyors still exist today

★ Nissan foods

Purveyors to the former French imperial family



Farina gegenüber — Eau de Cologne to HM Empereur Napoleon I. 1811

Guerlain — Eau de Cologne to HM Empereur Napoleon III. 1868

Debauve & Gallais — Chocolate makers to King Louis XVIII, Charles X, Louis Philippe, HM Empereur Napoleon I.

Purveyors to the former Portuguese royal family



Farina gegenüber — Eau de Cologne to HM King Dom Luis 1866

Purveyors to the former Romanian royal family



Farina gegenüber — Eau de Cologne to HM King Carol I 1881

Purveyors to the former Prussian royal family



Farina gegenüber — Eau de Cologne to HM King Friedrich Wilhelm IV 1841

Purveyors to the former Bavarian royal family



★ Eilles — Königlich Bayerischer Hof-Lieferant für Kaffee und Tee

Farina gegenüber — Eau de Cologne to HM King Ludwig II 1872
==Purveyors to the former Württembergian royal family==

Farina gegenüber — Eau de Cologne to HM King Karl I 1868

Purveyors to the former Italian royal family



Farina gegenüber — Eau de Cologne to HM King Vittorio Emanuele 1876

Purveyors to the former Russian imperial family



Farina gegenüber — Eau de Cologne to HM Tsar Nicholas I 1843

Fabergė — Jewellery to HM Tsar Nicholas II

Smirnoff — vodka

Cristal — champagne

External links



Royal Warrants explained on the royal.gov.uk website

The Royal Warrant Holders Association


Royal Warrant Holders Denmark

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