Perhaps you've been invited to the Queen's 90th birthday this summer, or do you just want to live as well as she does? Then here's a list of shops in London whose brands have the Royal Household's stamp of approval, called the Royal Warrant. Regardless of your purpose, you're in London, buy British!
CHOCOLATES:
Charbonnel et Walker Ltd.
One The Royal Arcade
28 Old Bond Street
In business since 1875 - King Edward VII was a fan.
JEWELRY,
Not that she needs anymore, but try
Asprey London
167 New Bond Street
This legendary jeweler recreated, for an artwork, the Queen's "diadem," a crown she wore at her 1953 coronation, with 1,000 white diamonds that were set in platinum.
Bentley & Skinner
55 Piccadilly
They're the Queen's official jeweler and silversmith, but also the company that in 2007, made the Damien Hirst diamond-covered skull, which was priced at one-hundred million dollars.
STATIONERY:
Wren Press
One Curzon Street
Say thanks with style, on a sheet of paper your benefactor will remember.
HATS:
James Lock & Co. Ltd
6 St. James's Street
This family-run business is 340 years old.
Rachel Trevor-Morgan
18 Crown Passage
King Street
You regularly see these perfectly constructed and colored hats Trevor-Morgan is famous for making.
CLOTHES:
CASHMERE
Pringle of Scotland
94 Mount Street
Founded in 1815. This clothier has provided the Queen with a piece of knitwear, every year, since 1947.
TAILORS:
Anderson & Sheppard Ltd.
32 Old Brompton Rd
Founded in 1906, the shop is a tailor to the Prince of Wales.
ROBE MAKERS and TAILORS:
Ede & Ravenscroft
92-94 Chancery Lane
Founded in 1689, E&R is (not surprisingly) London's oldest tailor. Besides contemporary wear, the shop supplies the Queen's Lord Chamberlain's office.
UMBRELLAS:
Fulton
at John Lewis Department Store
300 Oxford Street
Fulton supplies HRH's classic see-thru bubble umbrellas, and recently did a collaboration with Irish designer Orla Kiely.
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