Queen Camilla reacts as she attends a “Festive Spread” Christmas lunch with volunteers, staff and celebrity supporters in London, on Dec. 11, 2024.Photo:Getty Images
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Hansford said of Camilla that she was “proud to have [her] as a client for more than three decades” and added of the prestigious recognition, “It is particularly wonderful that the Queen has awarded it to an all-female-owned and run business.”
“It really shows that, with grit and determination, you can achieve truly incredible things,” she added.
Of her cult favorite bee venom mask, Mitchell said, “The Queen was the first to try it when I made it.”
“I handmake the products and do her treatments, as well,” Mitchell told The Telegraph. “Her new favorite is collagen drops, which you drink, and she is still using the bee venom.”
Queen Camilla in the royal box on day ten of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London on July 10, 2024.Mike Egerton/PA Images via Getty
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The bee venom mask — which can be used as a moisturizer or an overnight treatment — is made with organic oils, Manuka honey and a patented blend of bee venom. “It tricks the skin into thinking it has been stung, sending collagen and elastin to the area to repair itself,” according toThe Telegraph.
Camilla also gave the honor to designer Anna Valentine, whose atelier has designed clothing for the Queen since 2002, when she was still Camilla Parker Bowles. Anna Valentine also designed Camilla’s wedding dress when she married the formerPrince Charlesin 2005.
Prince Charles and his wife Camilla leaving the Service of Prayer and Dedication following their marriage at The Guildhall, at Windsor Castle on April 9, 2005.Tim Graham Photo Library/Getty
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Valentine said the honor would boost “small British businesses and artisans and raise awareness of and promote slow fashion” (as opposed to fast fashion).
“We aim to pass on our skills of design and craftsmanship to the next generation,” she added.
In addition to Anna Valentine, fellow Camilla-loved fashion industry veterans like designer Fiona Clare, milliner Philip Treacy and couturier Roy Allen also made the list.
In all, about 400 companies in the U.K. and beyond made the cut for royal warrants this go ‘round, a list which “effectively offers a peek into the royal shopping basket,” according toThe Times. Royal warrants are granted for up to five years, and those companies appointed are allowed to use the coat of arms of the royal they are associated with on packing, as part of advertising or on stationary. This marks the first time Camilla has given royal warrants and, while she chose seven for the most current list, her husband King Charles chose 386, including some companies his mother,Queen Elizabeth, had previously granted royal warrants to during her lifetime. Charles began granting warrants as far back as 1980, when he was still Prince of Wales.
King Charles III smiles during the The King’s Foundation’s annual ‘Crafts at Christmas’ at Highgrove Gardens on Dec. 13, 2024 in Tetbury, England.Chris Jackson Pool/Getty
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