Waitrose, Fortnum & Mason and Barbour are among several retailers that have recieved Royal Warrants from His Majesty King Charles III.
The upmarket supermarket has been awarded with the Royal Warrant of Appointment to be Grocers and Wine and Spirit Merchants, an honour it first recieved in 1928 to supply King George V.
Fortnums has been granted two Warrants, Grocers and Tea Merchants to His Majesty and Grocers and Provision Merchants to Her Majesty the Queen.
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This is the first time the upmarket department stores has received a new Warrant for 28 years, and is one of seven businesses to have been granted a Warrant by HM The Queen.
Other retailers that are among the first honours to be awarded by King Charles since he ascended to the throne include Barbour, for the Appointment of Manufacturers of Outerwear, Clothing, Footwear and Accessories, and Gieves & Hawkes for Outfitters and Livery and Military Tailors.
Hatchards has been granted Royal Warrant of Appointment to be booksellers for the King, while Smythson has received a Warrant for Suppliers of Stationery & Office Equipment to both His Majesty and Her Majesty.
Cartier and Watches of Switzerland-owned Mappin & Webb both received the Warrant for Jewellers, and Penhaligon’s has been granted the Warrent for Toilet Requisites.
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