I was having lunch with another Canadian-raised person on Sunday, and we were examining a bit of packaging with that mysterious "by appointment of her Majesty the Queen" symbols on it, and were wondering just how that comes about, and how the products to put that stamp on are approved. I reached the conclusion that surely the Queen can't test all of these products herself (otherwise she would become very tubby, and besides, how then would she find the time to do important Queeny things like cut ribbons at ceremonies and the like?) so she must have a panel of people who do these things for her, and if so, I would like to be on that panel!
I've decided that it's not good enough to sit and speculate, so I did a quick google search and this is what I've found. It's called a Royal Warrant. It looks like I'll have to cozy up to Lord Chamberlain if I want to award these things, and that it will be a short-lived career as I can only appoint one. Well, it was a nice thought, anyways.
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