MORE than a dozen Sussex businesses have seen their Royal Warrants expire with the death of the Queen.

Royal Warrants are proof that a company provides goods or services to the Royal Family.

Businesses with a Royal Warrant can display a royal coat of arms and advertise that they provide goods or services “by appointment to” that royal.

However, all Royal Warrants automatically expire on the death of the royal who granted them, and firms have two years to remove the coat of arms from their products, vehicles and stationery.

That means an anxious wait for the 620 businesses who held Royal Warrants granted by Queen Elizabeth.

Here is the list of the Sussex businesses who were granted a Royal Warrant by the Queen:

  • Amenity Horticulture Services, Rye

A supplier to UK landscaping and construction industries, which specialises in environmentally sustainable soft and hard landscaping materials including barks and composts.

  • C Brewer and Sons, Eastborne

The largest independent supplier of paint and wallpaper in the UK. 

  • Cornelia James LTD, Lewes

A glovemakers manufacturer appointed in 1979.

  • County Tree Surgeons, Crawley Down

The Queen's tree surgeons.

  • Fargro LTD, Arundel

Suppliers of products and solutions for horticultural businesses.

  • Heirlooms Limited, Bognor

Manufacturers of fine linen.

  • Hortisystems, Pulborough

A horticultural equipment supplier supplying shading, ventilation, irrigation, lighting, benching and control systems.

  • Judge’s Choice Petfood, Haywards Heath

The Queen’s supplier of pet food.

  • Landmark Systems, Pulborough

Suppliers of software systems and services.

  • Milborrow Chimney Sweeps, Crawley Down

The Queen’s chimney sweeps.

  • Nestlé UK, Crawley

Food company.

  • Sun-X Ltd, Bognor

Supplier and installer of ultraviolet filters and traditional blinds.

  • Willards Conservation Limited, Chichester

Supplied the Queen tools and equipment for the preservation and restoration of fine art and important historic media.

  • Zack Treliving, Horsham

The Queen’s farrier.