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Royal Warrants have been in existence in one form or another since the Middle Ages. The first Royal Charter was granted to the Weavers Company by Henry II in 1155. A record of the official grant to use the Royal Coat of Arms first appeared during the reign of William IV (1830- 1837). The practice of granting Royal Warrants, in the form that it exists today, was established during the reign of Queen Victoria. This entails the issue of a formal document appointing a supplier of goods to a Royal Household and authorising them to display the Royal Arms. Royal Warrant holders are entitled to display the Royal Coat of Arms, on stationery, labelling and packaging of the company’s products. In 1935 Wolsey was appointed to hold a Royal Warrant as Hosiery manufacturers to his Majesty King George V. This honour has been held through the reigns of consecutive monarchs and remains with the company to the present day. Wolsey has been privileged to supply products to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II since 1953, and the company was further honoured when in 1959 a Royal Warrant was also granted to Wolsey by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother. Top left: Royal warrant as held up to 2007 Bottom left and right: HRH the Prince of Wales during his visit to Wolsey in 1927 Middle: HRH the Duke and Duchess of York during their visit to Leicester in 1928 (later King George VI and the Queen Mother) |
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