In 1884, the house received the Royal Warrant as purveyors of champagne to Queen Victoria.

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In 1977 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, awarded Hunter boots a Royal Warrant, which designated the company as an official supplier to the royal family.

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Under Todd, Hunter started playing up its association with the royals by making the Royal Warrant logo more prominent on the tags and packaging of Hunter boots.

FORBES: A Brand Re-Booted

Take the Gardiner family, for example: they bought their private island from the Montauketts (for some powder and shot, a few Dutch blankets and a dog, allegedly) some 372 years ago, and were duly awarded a royal warrant from Charles I, which, as far as anyone knows, remains in effect today.

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Warrant Officer Class 1 (Regimental Sergeant Major) Leon Mattear, of The Queen's Royal Lancers said that Sgt Jones had been fully committed to his life in the Army.

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