Two Savile Row tailoring houses, Henry Poole & Co and Dege & Skinner, were among the businesses granted royal warrants by King Charles III in a list announced by Buckingham Palace on 19 December 2024. The King granted warrants to 386 companies that had previously held a warrant from Queen Elizabeth II, and Queen Camilla appointed seven warrant holders of her own, bringing the December total to almost 400.
Royal Central reported that the December list concluded the review of warrants that began when Charles became monarch. A first round in May 2024 granted 152 warrants to companies that had held a warrant from Charles when he was Prince of Wales, a role in which he began granting warrants in 1980.
The tailors on the lists
Dege & Skinner, the family-owned house at 10 Savile Row, received its warrant for tailoring, specifically the uniforms it makes for The King's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard, the ceremonial guard whose red, white and yellow Tudor-style uniforms appear at events such as the State Opening of Parliament and the Royal Maundy Service. The grantee is managing director William Skinner. The house first received a warrant from Queen Elizabeth II in 1984, with his father Michael Skinner, now chairman, as grantee; William succeeded him in 2009.
Henry Poole & Co was appointed for tailoring in the December round, according to a list published by Walpole, the British luxury trade body. The house says it has held more than forty royal warrants around the world and has held the British royal warrant continuously since Queen Victoria's reign. Its first warrant came from Napoleon III in 1858.
On Jermyn Street, the shirtmaker Turnbull & Asser was granted a warrant by the King in May 2024. The company says it received Charles's first warrant when he gained the right to grant them as Prince of Wales in 1980. In 2024 James Cook, who joined the firm in 1991 as bespoke manager, succeeded Steven Quin as the company's warrant holder. Turnbull & Asser made the shirt the King wore on Coronation Day, 6 May 2023.
Other clothing names
Walpole's list also included Burberry and the Scottish cashmere maker Johnstons of Elgin among clothing and textile businesses appointed in May, and Lock & Co. Hatters among accessories makers. Among Queen Camilla's seven December appointments were the couturiers Anna Valentine and Fiona Clare and the milliner Philip Treacy, according to the Jersey Evening Post and Country & Town House.
What a warrant means for buyers
A royal warrant recognizes a business that has supplied goods or services to a senior member of the royal family over a sustained period, and it is held by a named individual within the company. For people commissioning a suit or shirt, it signals an ongoing trading relationship with the royal household rather than a grade of quality. For the houses themselves, the December list confirmed that their appointments continued into the new reign. Readers new to the street can start with our guides to Savile Row and Jermyn Street shirtmakers.
Dege & Skinner went on to mark its 160th anniversary in 2025, and Henry Poole its 220th in 2026.
