Official Platinum Jubilee souvenirs go on sale

May 18, 2022

Luxury Corgi biscuits, a £16 pair of socks and special edition English sparkling wine to toast the Queen: Official Platinum Jubilee souvenirs go on sale

Dedicated collection includes a fine bone coffee mug with a 22 carat gold finish
Some of the products are to be sold in a limited edition with only 2,022 in stock
Royal Collection is also selling a Corgi decoration to put on your Christmas tree

The Official Platinum Jubilee souvenirs have gone on sale ahead of the four-day bank holiday weekend celebrating the Queen’s 70 years on the throne.

Included in the dedicated collection is a box of five luxurious biscuits, of two Corgis, two Britannia bunting flags and a detailed crown for £25.

Royal fans can also get their hands on a £16 pair of Jubilee socks which show the outlines of the national flowers of the United Kingdom, with a rose for England, a daffodil for Wales, a thistle for Scotland and a shamrock for Northern Ireland.

Also up for grabs is a £39 English sparkling wine, a blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier with fruit exclusively grown and hand-picked in Kent and West Sussex vineyards. It is said to pair ‘particularly well with mature English cheddar’.

They also had a £25 fine bone china coffee mug, inspired by the purple Robe of Estate worn by the Queen at her Coronation, with the border decoration based on the gold embroidery on the robe, incorporating olive branches and wheat ears which symbolises ‘peace and prosperity’.

It was also finished with 22 carat gold – but it has since sold out.

The Official Platinum Jubilee souvenirs have gone on sale ahead of the four-day bank holiday weekend celebrating the Queen’s 70 years on the throne, including Corgi biscuits for £25 (pictured)

Also up for grabs is a £39 English sparkling wine (pictured), a blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier with fruit exclusively grown and hand-picked in Kent and West Sussex vineyards. It is said to pair ‘particularly well with mature English cheddar’

Each of these products are to be sold in a limited edition with only 2,022 in stock, in recognition of 2022 being the platinum jubilee year.

If you wanted to celebrate the Jubilee later into the year, the Royal Collection is also selling a Corgi decoration you can put on your Christmas tree, which has gold threads to detail the Queen’s favourite breed holding a bunch of Jubilee-themed balloons.

Student Edward Roberts, 20, created the emblem to define the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee after winning the competition to design a logo run by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London last year.

Mr Roberts, from Southwell, Nottinghamshire, a graphic and communication design student at Leeds University, was given the top spot by a judging panel of artists and experts who praised the way the emblem captures the ‘continuous thread’ of the Queen’s 70-year reign.

They also had a £25 fine bone china coffee mug (pictured), inspired by the purple Robe of Estate worn by the Queen at her Coronation, with the border decoration based on the gold embroidery on the robe, incorporating olive branches and wheat ears which symbolises ‘peace and prosperity’. It was also finished with 22 carat gold – but it has since sold out

Speaking of the sock design he has also created, Mr Roberts said: ‘With the new design, I wanted to create a set of products that stayed true to and worked well alongside the emblem design. Like my original submission, the flowers are part of a continuous line, capturing the delicate nature of these national symbols.

‘I wanted to create a design that was contemporary, and in keeping with these modern times. Having these products in Royal Collection Trust shops and well received by the public is lovely to see.’

The socks are also crafted by Corgi, a luxury sock and knitwear brand which is a family-run company established in Wales in 1892. It was awarded a Royal Warrant by HRH the Prince of Wales, and continues to supply to him and other members of the Royal family.

The Queen made an energetic and enthusiastic appearance at the Royal Windsor horse Show on Sunday night, where she received cheers and a standing ovation.

There were wild cheers as the Queen departs following the A Gallop Through History Platinum Jubilee celebration at the Royal Windsor Horse Show last night

Queen Elizabeth II was in fits of giggles after comedian Omid Djalil made a Guy Fawkes joke during the production. She was also pictured taking a quick break to apply fuchsia pink lipstick halfway through the performance

The 96-year-old looked full of joy on Sunday night as she watched an all-star lineup including Dame Helen Mirren, Tom Cruise and Katherine Jenkins perform at the event alongside equestrian, military and musical talent from all over the world.

It is anticipated she will attend a Service of Thanksgiving in June for her 70-year reign and make her traditional appearance on the Buckingham Palace balcony at Trooping the Colour.

It is unlikely she will attend many other events, however, as palace aides have recently admitted that she has ‘good and less good days’.

The Queen made an energetic and enthusiastic appearance at the Royal Windsor horse Show on Sunday night, where she received cheers and a standing ovation. Pictured leaving the annual Easter Sunday service in Windsor in 2018

The Queen has been forced to cancel a string of engagements in recent months and last week missed the State Opening of Parliament for the first time ever due to age or infirmity, symbolically asking her son, the Prince of Wales, and grandson, the Duke of Cambridge, to stand in for.

But royal aides insist that despite what they describe as ‘episodic’ mobility issues, the monarch is in good spirits and very much in charge behind the scenes, undertaking several meetings each week in addition to her familiar red boxes of official papers.

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