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Queen's bra-makers Rigby and Peller lose their Royal Warrant after book revelations

Palace displeased by passage in book disclosing that corgis were present during bra-fitting

January 11, 2018 11:52
June Kenton
1 min read

For decades, Rigby & Peller have supplied brassieres and other foundation garments to the Royal Family. The company, founded by Jewish émigrées Gita Peller and Bertha Rigby, in 1939, was granted a royal warrant in 1960.

But now, after some 57 years, the ‘Royal Purveyors,’ as they style themselves, have been stripped of their Royal Warrant.

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The rift has occurred because self-styled ‘boobologist’ June Kenton, who bought the company in 1982, revealed a little too much detail of the regal bra-fitting in her 2016 book Storm In A D-Cup.