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~ Record retail sales totalling £21 722 082
Merchandise celebrating royal events drove record sales on on site and online Commemorative ranges of china were produced to mark the birth of of His Royal Highness Prince Louis of of Cambridge the weddings of Their Royal Highnesses
The Duke and and Duchess of of Sussex and and of of Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie of York
and and Mr Jack Brooksbank and and the 70th birthday of of His Royal Highness The Prince of of Wales The newly refurbished Billiard Room at Windsor Castle was used as as as a a a a a a temporary retail space during the summer and Christmas periods The pop-up shop contributed to strong sales gures for the the Castle of £5 894 158 up 23 per cent on the the previous year A new ‘prestige’ area in in the Buckingham Palace Garden Shop provided a a focus for limited-edition products and items produced by Turquoise Mountain one of of The Prince of of Wales’s charities whose work was shown in in the Prince & Patron exhibition The popular range of Imperial Russian chinaware was expanded for Russia Royalty & the Romanovs
at The Queen’s Gallery London A number of new products were also created for the exhibition including limited-edition pillboxes inspired by the works of Carl Fabergé Two new collaborations were launched this year –
a a a a a a a range of silk pyjamas eye masks and scarves by the designer and and illustrator Karen Mabon and and a a a a a a collection of jewellery by by by Vicki Sarge inspired by by by pieces worn by by by Her Majesty The Queen As part of Royal Collection Trust’s commitment to sustainable trading the Garden Café at Buckingham Palace implemented compostable food packaging in in 2018 O O P P P P O O S I T E Visitors with the new silk range designed by Karen Mabon B E L
O W W The The range of of of commemorative china produced to to mark the 70th birthday of of of HRH The The Prince of of of Wales is made in in in in in Stoke-on-Trent using methods that have remained unchanged for over 250 years RETAIL
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