Queen's butcher who served her days before she died stripped of royal honour
dailyrecord.co.ukThe late Queen's cherished local butcher in Scotland, who served her just days before her passing, has been stripped of his royal honour.John Sinclair, co-owner of HM Sheridan, a butcher shop that has been providing Balmoral Castle and the neighbouring estate Birkhall with meat and poultry since 1987, expressed his disappointment at losing one of his royal warrants.Previously, the shop had been awarded warrants by both the late Queen Elizabeth and Charles when he was still the Prince of Wales.
However, Sinclair was left "disappointed" after failing to secure the new King's Warrant, reports the Mirror. The decision came during a review of the Royal Warrants granted by the King before his ascension to the throne.A warrant is initially given for up to five years to a named individual within a company.This mark of recognition for suppliers of goods and services to the monarchy allows companies to advertise their connection to the Royal Family.
In a conversation with The Mail on Sunday, Mr Sinclair, whose shop in Ballater, Aberdeenshire, received an order from Balmoral just days before Queen Elizabeth's death in 2022, said: 'We're disappointed that we no longer have the warrant.
Obviously we didn't meet the criteria, but I don't know why. I'll be asking a question about that." He speculated: "Maybe it's because we're not fully organic.
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