When Queen Elizabeth II passed away, more than 600 Royal Warrants passed with her.
In many cupboards, bathroom cabinets - or even on the side of a few lorries - the Queen's Royal Arms have, as a symbol, shown consumers that those same products grace palaces and castles.When Queen Elizabeth II passed away at her Scottish estate in Balmoral, more than 600 Royal Warrants passed with her.
"We have people who have worked here for generations, whose family worked here back in the 1960s when the Queen visited us." The 180 warrants Charles issued as Prince of Wales will continue now that he is King because they go with the household, not the title. In May 2009, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visited the Heinz factory in Kitt Green near Wigan, to mark the 50th anniversary of its official opening, a Heinz spokesperson said.Kellogg's director Paul Wheeler says the company has such a strong history of serving up cereal to the Queen, they once had a little van, called Genevieve, to make deliveries to the palace.Paul Wheeler told the BBC the firm had held a Royal Warrant for the entirety of Queen Elizabeth II's reign.
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