This month, Buckingham Palace released a fruit-filled sloe gin and range of beers including a bitter made with hops grown on the Sandringham Estate.
Here, Helen McGinn gives her verdict on royal drinks.
Now we know what tonic the Queen puts in her royal gin
This week Devon’s Luscombe’s Drinks became the official supplier of mixers. Buckingham Palace already has its own gin (£40), sloe gin (£30), Palace of Holyroodhouse Highland malt whiskies (£75), Buckingham Palace port (£30), Buckingham Palace Tokaji (£60), vintage Champagne (£40), and Pauillac (£40). You can also buy Buckingham Palace corkscrews (£12.95) and Windsor castle glass tumblers (also £12.95).
The royal family has its preferred supplier of Kent cobnuts (Aliens Farm), baths (About Baths), hairbrushes (Kent), broomsticks (A. Nash), horse feed (Allen & Page Ltd), luxury automobiles (Jaguar Land Rover Co), performance activewear (Musto), dog food (Judge’s Choice Petfood) and mattresses (Sleepeezee Ltd). I have no idea what they use to shine their boots, however, given the Wren’s Super Shoe Polish warrant has lapsed.