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Saturday, June 28, 2014

How the Queen's worn the same shoes for 50 years...

 
They’ve supported the Queen as she goes about her royal duties for almost 50 years, looking decorous yet never detracting attention from their sovereign, and accompanying her everywhere from prison visits to her Diamond Jubilee pageant. 
 And these valuable servants? Not equerries or other royal minions, but her trusty patent leather shoes, the unsung heroes of the Royal household.
It takes a team of four — not including the junior member of Buckingham Palace staff, dubbed ‘Cinders’, who has the job of wearing in her Majesty’s shoes — to produce the classic black numbers (she has other colours in the same style) which cost about £1,000. Yet the Queen certainly gets value for money out of them, wearing the same pair for years and re-heeling them when they wear out. 

  • It takes a team of four to produce classic numbers at £1,000 a pair
  • But she certainly saves money, reheeling them when they wear out
  • A junior member of Palace staff has the job of making the shoes comfier
  • They are handmade by Anello & Davide of Kensington, west London
  • Experts use a wooden 'last' made from measurements of Queen's feet
  • Comfort, support and simplicity mean the design is a firm favourite





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