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The iconic British brands appointed by the Crown — their heritage, craftsmanship, and royal stories.
A Royal Warrant is the Crown's quiet mark of approval — here's what it really means, how a brand earns one, and the great British names that hold it.
From South Shields oilskins to a royal wardrobe staple — how a humble waterproof became one of the most British things you can wear.
From a coffee house on the Strand in 1706 to an unbroken line of royal warrants — the remarkable story of Britain's oldest tea merchant.
Born in the gardens of Highgrove and now a Waitrose favourite — the story of the organic food brand King Charles built, and the causes it funds.
It began with a footman, some leftover candle wax and a very good idea. Three centuries on, Fortnum & Mason is the most famous grocer in the world.
A weatherproof fabric, a coat born in the trenches and a check known the world over — how a Hampshire draper built a great British house.
How an eighteenth-century potter's cream-coloured earthenware so charmed a queen that it earned a royal name — and a place on the nation's tables ever since.
From a Cornish barber's shop on Jermyn Street to the dressing tables of royalty — the fragrant, very British story of Penhaligon's.
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