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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Zoe Wood

From sporrans to chandeliers: King Charles and Queen Camilla weigh up new royal warrants

Clockwise (left to right from top): Burberry bags in a store, Moët & Chandon champagne, Gieves & Hawkes of Savile Row, and Wilkin & Sons, which is behind the Tiptree jam brand.
Clockwise (left to right from top): Burberry bags in a store, Moët & Chandon champagne, Gieves & Hawkes of Savile Row, and Wilkin & Sons, which is behind the Tiptree jam brand. A royal warrant becomes void after the death of the grantor, so companies have to reapply. Composite: various

On first glance the list of prestigious brands reads like the wedding gift registry of a wealthy eccentric.

Moët & Chandon is one of eight acceptable champagnes for the ice bucket on the (Steinway) piano. The fashion stakes are high, too, with the posh trenchcoat purveyor Burberry, the Savile Row tailor Gieves & Hawkes, and Lamont Sporrans for when only Highland dress will do.

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