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The Royal Warrant

What's the Point of...?Series 6
Episode 3 of 4

Over 800 companies enjoy the right to display a royal crest and the words 'by appointment'. The Royal Warrant is a prized accolade, but what is it for? Quentin Letts investigates.

Over 800 companies enjoy the right to display a royal crest and the words 'by appointment'. They range from a chimney-sweep to a maker of helicopters. The Royal Warrant has been a much-prized accolade to trade since the middle ages - but what's it for? Quentin Letts talks to the fixer of the royal microphones, the purveyor of the royal canapes and the supplier of the royal salmon-flies - not to mention the royal ratcatcher - and asks them why they're special.

Producer: Peter Everett.

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28 minutes

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Tue 9 Sep 201421:30
BBC Radio 4

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  • Tue 9 Sep 201409:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Tue 9 Sep 201421:30
    BBC Radio 4