by royal appointment means British Made?

Royal warrants are granted to companies who supply goods and services to the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh or the Prince of Wales.

My understanding is that these can be provided to companies who have been supplying goods/services for a consecutive 5 year period. I don't think there is any prohibition on these being awarded to overseas companies, although I think the vast majority of current warrant holders are British.

I should also add, that I don't think you can pay the Royal Family to issue a warrant and "endorse" your product, as suggested in the original post.

Dib

From what I can work out, the warrant can only be granted to 'trades', and the royal family still continue to pay for their services. According to the search facility on the Royal Warrants webpage, there is a 'rest of the world' section, so warrants are not awarded exclusively to British companies.

 

http://www.royalwarrant.org/index.html

Quite a few French champagne houses among the holders...

Andrey

ECCO shoes used to have a royal warrant to the Danish nobility so a royal warrant isn't exclusive to Englands royals.

Ahem - don't you mean British royals? England is just 1 of 3 nations in GB and 1 of 4 in the UK...

My father holds two at this stage so I may be able to shed some light:

1. The warrant only certifies the fact that it is used by the royal household. It isn't actually a testament to quality, heritage or origin, but one can draw conclusions about those things by their royal use.

2. The product has to be in use for 5 years, and be supplied by the manufacturer, not a reseller or franchisee.

3. The product does not have to be produced in the UK, and I'm not even certain that the company has to be British. My father's companies manufacture all over the world, but both are British companies through and through.

OK, so who is your father?

Nobility is now granting warrants? Where will it all end? Before you know it we'll have Hollywood celebrity warrants.

Ah yes ... enquiring minds want to know.

'Much as with transubstantiation, it's better when it remains a mystery.' --Canon West
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Charvet held a warrant for many years- so no.

I have all of you trumped, I have 2 royal whateveryoucallits:

• Used ties
• Bespoke shorts (my true profit center)

To both of you..I no longer have that pair of ECCO shoes but here is a quote from an online article about Royal warrants:

The earliest recorded British warrant was granted to a weaver by King Henry II in the 12th century but the British Royal Family aren’t the only ones who royally endorse products. The Purveyors to the Royal Court of Denmark endorse Bang & Olufsen, ECCO shoes and all of Carlsberg’s beers. The egalitarian Dutch Royals endorse KLM airlines (note their crown logo) and Royal Dutch Shell petroleum, among institutions and NGOs. The Japanese Imperial Household Agency gave up their royal permissions after WWII but Nissin foods and Toyota remain honoured.

Source:
http://www.theenthusiast.com.au/archives/2009/on-her-majestys-silver-service/

Another:

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 tradespeople to advertise royal patronage, including the ruling dynasties of the Netherlands, Denmark, Thailand, and Sweden.



Purveyors to the Court (of Denmark) (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
* Warre's - porto

Source:
http://royalcello.websitetoolbox.com/post?Interesting-Facts-about-Royal-Warrants-2586648