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PRESS

RELEASE

Royal Visit

SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1986

RULES RELAXED FOR ROYAL SOUVENIRS

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SOUVENIRS OF THE ROYAL VISIT BY THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH IN OCTOBER WILL BE ABLE TO CARRY ROYAL EMBLEMS AND ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND PORTRAITS.

THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE IN LONDON HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE RULES GOVERNING THE USE OF SUCH EMBLEMS WILL BE TEMPORARILY RELAXED TO ALLOW THEM TO BE REPRODUCED ON SOUVENIRS AND DISPLAYS COMMEMORATING THE VISIT. NORMALLY SUCH EMBLEMS AND ROYAL PICTURES ARE ALLOWED TO BE REPRODUCED ONLY IN THE MOST EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

DESPITE THE RELAXATION, MANUFACTURERS OF SOUVENIRS WILL BE EXPECTED TO OBSERVE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS.

SOUVENIRS MUST BE (A) IN GOOD TASTE, (B) FREE FROM ADVERTISEMENTS, (C) CARRY NO IMPLICATION OF ROYAL CUSTOM OR APPROVAL AND (D) NOT BE USED AS A PREMIUM OR SELLING AID.

THEY WILL BE

SOUVENIRS ARE DEFINED AS ARTICLES OF A PERMANENT KIND SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO COMMEMORATE THE ROYAL VISIT. IDENTIFIED WITH THE VISIT BY A PHRASE SUCH AS THE ROYAL VISIT 1986+ OR +HONG KONG 1986+.

TEXTILES, APART FROM HEADSCARVES OR WALL HANGINGS, ARE NOT REGARDED AS SOUVENIRS IN THIS CONTEXT. THIS MEANS THAT TEE SHIRTS AND OTHER GARMENTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO CARRY ROYAL EMBLEMS OR PICTURES.

WHERE CONTAINERS ARE PRODUCED AS SOUVENIRS THEY SHOULD BE OF METALWARE OR CERAMIC OR OTHER PERMANENT MATERIAL AND BE SPECIALLY MADE FOR THE OCCASION. THE NAMES OF THE MANUFACTURER AND CONTENT DETAILS SHOULD APPEAR ONLY ON THE UNDERSIDE OR INTERIOR OF THE CONTAINER OR STOPPER.

ROYAL EMBLEMS ON SUCH CONTAINERS SHOULD BE CONFINED TO PICTURES OF THE QUEEN AND/OR THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH OR THE ROYAL CROWN AS PART OF AN ATTENDANT SCHEME OF DECORATION.

THE ROYAL

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