From earliest times tradesmen and women have served their sovereign by providing goods and services – from making robes and regalia to repairing roofs and painting walls. The first rewards for this loyal service came in the form of Royal Charters which were granted to the trade guilds, later known as livery companies. The earliest recorded Royal Charter was granted to the Weavers’ Company in 1155 by Henry II.
British Royal Warrant
Issued by what is probably the most famous Royal family in the world. There are currently three types, those issued by the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince of Wales. Issued only to British companies. Read more at the official site for Royal Warrant holders.
Spanish Royal Warrant
Founded about 200 hundred years ago to reward Spanish merchants. Today the warrant has a new identity, the world reknowned Imperial Mark. However since the rights are held by an independent entity, its not technically a warrant any more, but is still as prestigious as ever but is now issued internationally.
Swedish Royal Warrant
Sweden has been a monarchy for over a thousand years. For all this time, craftsmen,
merchants and others have been delivering goods and services to the monarch
and the Royal Family. The first suppliers to the Royal Family were the artisans
and merchants who plied their trades in the quarters around the Royal Palace
in Stockholm and the other Swedish royal residences. When the Royal Family then
gradually started to order goods from other parts of the country and from abroad,
the system of royal warrants also began to spread.
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