Tricker’s, located in St Michael’s Road, is celebrating its 195th anniversary this year and has “great pride” that the firm will continue to make shoes for His Majesty.

It was in 2019 that King Charles, in his former title as Prince, toured the Tricker’s factory and met the workers. He also visited the bespoke shoe room where his items are made.

Tricker’s was originally awarded a Royal Warrant in 1989 for The Prince of Wales, which gives recognition to the individuals and companies who supply regular goods to the Royal Family.

Martin Mason, who has been the managing director at Tricker’s since 2015, has been appointed as grantee for the Royal Warrant and said: “This is a great privilege for everyone associated with Tricker’s.

“The factory now has a long association with the Royal Family, and it is a source of great pride that we have become shoe manufacturers by appointment to His Majesty The King.”

Tricker’s is one of the oldest shoe making firms in the UK and remains independently owned, producing the shoes from start to finish from the Northampton factory.

Bespoke shoemaker Adele Williamson, who joined the business as a Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) apprentice in 2017, makes shoes for The King from start to finish using his personal last – a wooden mould created especially for him.

The Tricker’s team are “absolutely thrilled” with this “huge privilege”, granted five years on from King Charles’ visit to the factory.

To be given a Royal Warrant, you have to have supplied the Royal household for a minimum of five years prior to being given it – meaning Trickers’ supplied shoes for Royalty from at least 1981, if not earlier.

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