A royal warrant is granted to a company that provides products or services to the royal household on a regular basis.

The royal household also receives 'grants-in-aid' for maintenance of the palaces and travel.

Access is granted to select historians on a case-by-case basis, at the discretion of the royal household.

At such times, all that held the royal household together was its thin veneer of ceremony and exquisite manners.

The armed forces provide a number of part-timers to the royal household.