The Royal Warrant of Appointments granted to brands by Queen Elizabeth II have been made void since her death.
A Royal Warrant is granted as a mark of recognition to companies who have regularly supplied goods or services to the monarch of consistent quality.
Companies holding the Royal Warrant can display the Royal Arms in connection to their branding, but are provided rules on how to do so by The Lord Chamberlain.
However, the death of the monarch who granted the Warrant, leads it to become void. The death of Her Majesty the Queen results in a review of which companies will uphold their Royal Warrants granted by King Charles III.
This requires the 800 companies to change their packaging either to remove the Royal Arms or to update it, which they are given two years to do.
Across Wiltshire, ten companies hold Royal Warrants, and will have their warrants reviewed.
Local companies that were granted the Royal Warrant include Swindon based Allen & Foxworthy LTD, who specialises in providing scaffolding, temporary roofing and access solutions.
They have been asked not to comment on the changes in their business or previous business with the Queen out of respect for this period of mourning.
The full list of Wiltshire businesses with Royal Warrants are:
- Allen & Foxworthy Ltd, Swindon. Appointed to The Queen as Scaffolding Contractor.
- Charles Farris Ltd, Mere. Appointed to The Queen to manufacture church candles.
- Enidvale Ltd, trading as Grain Handling Engineers, Froxfield near Marlborough. Appointed to The Queen as specialists in grain handling.
- Hugh Todd, East Grafton near Marlborough. Appointed to The Queen to conduct animal pregnancy scanning.
- JW Walker & Sons Ltd, Devizes. Appointed to The Queen as Pipe Organ tuners and builders.
- Knights Tailoring Ltd, Tidworth. Appointed to The Queen as tailors.
- MMT Services, Grittenham near Chippenham. Appointed to The Queen to perform dairy equipment maintenance.
- Snuggy Hoods Ltd, Holt near Trowbridge. Appointed to The Queen as a supplier of horse clothing.
- Tarrant Refrigeration & Air Conditioning, Marlborough. Appointed to The Queen in the field of dairy product refrigeration.
- The Hill Brush Company Ltd, Mere. Appointed to The Queen as manufacturers of brushware.
The Queen died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Thursday at the age of 96.
Her eldest son, Charles III, acceded her to the throne ahead of the her state funeral, which will take place on Monday, September 19.
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