HRH Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh 10 June 1921 Birthdays celebrating 60th birthday 10 June 1981 Caverswall china BUY THIS THIMBLE celebrating 65th birthday 10 June 1986 Tony Bouchet agateware St George china Sutherland/Scotland Direct china BUY THIS THIMBLE celebrating 70th birthday 10 June 1991 Tony Bouchet agateware Caverswall china Regal Etruria china Sutherland china Swann Thimbles sterling silver with Peep Woodsetton Peeps brass celebrating 75th birthday 10 June 1996 The Thimble Guild china celebrating 80th birthday 10 June 2001 Museum Collection china Rachel Pugh china celebrating 85th birthday 10 June 2006 Julie Menzies china Others Birchcroft The Family series china Dalyn china Sutherland china firehydrant china

HRH Prince Charles Prince of Wales 14 November 1948 Birthdays celebrating 40th birthday 14 November 1988 Tony Bouchet agateware Caverswall china Woodsetton Peeps brass silverplate with enamel ruby in apex celebrating 50th birthday 14 November 1998 Julie Menzies china Museum Collection china china celebrating 60th birthday 14 November 2008 china china Investiture as Prince of Wales Caernaervon Castle, Wales 1 July 1969 St George china James Swann & Sons / Peter Swingler sterling silver and enamel pottery - tailor's shape sterling silver and enamel sterling silver and enamel commemorating 25 years 1969-1994 Sutherland china Engagement Lady Diana Spencer 24 February 1981 Caverswall china BUY THIS THIMBLE Highland China china Mount Royal china pair Marriage and anniversaries Lady Diana Spencer St Paul's Cathedral 29 July 1981 - 28 June 1996 AJL china Avalon china Brylian Porcelain, USA china Caverswall 1 china BUY THIS THIMBLE Caverswall 2 china this version seems less common? Caverswall 3 as Duke of Cornwall china Coalport china pair BUY THESE THIMBLES Crummles, Poole enamel and brass M I Dorman-Brailsford sterling silver Fenton 1 china Fenton 2 china Fenton 3 china Shirley Frost 1 sterling silver Shirley Frost 2 sterling silver Hammersley china Harlequin china pair Heritage silver gilt pair Heritage sterling silver pair one has Prince of Wales feathers on the verso the other St Pauls Hexagon Studios china Highland China china Hurley porcelain Iles & Gomms silverplated KRC, USA bisque porcelain Lysander china Mappin & Webb sterling silver Mason's china pair Oakley china Olde England china Queen's china RL sterling silver Royal Albert china Royal Staffordshire china large size Royal Worcester 1 china BUY THIS THIMBLE Royal Worcester 2 china Spode china BUY THIS THIMBLE Staffordshire Enamels enamel and brass James Swann & Son 1 sterling silver James Swann & Son 2 sterling silver and enamel BUY THIS THIMBLE James Swann & Son 3 sterling silver and enamel Peter Swingler 1 sterling silver and enamel Peter Swingler 2 sterling silver and enamel Peter Swingler 3 sterling silver and enamel Ullmannglass, Germany crystal pair one clear, one frosted Wedgwood 1 jasperware pair BUY THESE THIMBLES Wedgwood 2 jasperware brass and enamel brass and enamel china metal - firehydrant pewter or metal silverplate silver-plated pewter sterling silver sterling silver and enamel sterling silver and enamel 1st anniversary 29 July 1982 china 10th anniversary 29 July 1991 Tony Bouchet agateware Caverswall china Caverswall china Caverswall china Regal Etruria china Sutherland china Marriage Camilla Parker Bowles Windsor 9 April 2005 (some thimbles will have 8th April) Birchcroft china pair Stephen Frost - Warwick Models handpainted pewter [8th April] Julie Menzies china [9th April] Julie Menzies china [8th April] Museum Collection china [9th April] Woodsetton Peeps copper china [8th April] china china china Other occasions and mixed sets Caverswall china Visit to Australia 1983-1984 Ian Parry beechwood with silver Sutherland china Visit for Australian Bicentenary 1988 Sutherland china Woodsetton Peeps brass Visit for Australian Bicentenary 1988 Woodsetton Peeps brass Visit to Hungary 1990 china with Prince William and Prince Harry china the Family Series china 1987 china china - firehydrant plastic silverplate

HRH Princess Diana Princess of Wales 1 July 1961 - 31 August 1997 Birthdays celebrating 21st birthday 1 July 1982 Caverswall china Caverswall china Highland China china celebrating 25th birthday 1 July 1986 Royal Grafton china commissioned by the Thimble Collectors Club [TCC] celebrating 30th birthday 1 July 1991 Tony Bouchet agateware Other occasions and mixed sets Sutherland china In memoriam 31 August 1997 Althorp china Birchcroft china Fenton china Stephen Frost handpainted pewter Thorvald Greif, Germany sterling silver Mayfair 1 china Mayfair 2 china Mayfair 3 china Mayfair 4 china Mayfair 5 china Mayfair 6 china Julie Menzies china Sutherland china Peter Swingler sterling silver and enamel Thimble Guild china Trude Crafts, Wales china china china china china china china china china 9 ct gold commissioned by Thimble Society of London gold and sterling silver sterling silver 10 years 1997-2007 Harvey Sillis sterling silber Wedgwood jasperware china

The Princess Royal HRH Princess Anne 15 August 1950 Birthdays celebrating 40th birthday 15 August 1990 Tony Bouchet agateware Woodsetton Peeps brass celebrating 50th birthday 15 August 2000 Julie Menzies china Museum Collection china others Woodsetton Peep brass and lacquer "1950" Marriage Lieutenant Mark Phillips 14 November 1973 - April 1992 Westminster Abbey James Swann & Son sterling silver Peter Swingler sterling silver and enamel Peter Swingler sterling silver and enamel Commander Timothy Laurence 12 December 1993 Crathie Kirk Scotland Tony Bouchet agateware Swann Thimbles sterling silver Meg Urwin, Scotland china Woodsetton Peeps brass Woodsetton Peep sterling silver and enamel Princess Royal June 1987 Coalport china Woodsetton Peeps brass BUY THIS THIMBLE Children Peter Phillips 15 November 1977 St George china Marriage Autumn Kelly 17 May 2008 china Zara Phillips 15 May 1981 2006 china

HRH Prince Andrew Duke of York 19 February 1960 Birthdays celebrating 21st birthday 19 February 1981 Caverswall china Engagement Miss Sarah Ferguson 19 March 1986 Sutherland china Sutherland/Scotland Direct china BUY THIS THIMBLE James Swann & Son sterling silver Woodsetton Peeps brass peep Marriage Miss Sarah Ferguson 23 July 1986 - May 1996 Westminster Abbey Birchcroft china Tony Bouchet agateware Philip Campbell, Mull sterling silver Caverswall china BUY THIS THIMBLE Caverswall china Crummles, Poole brass and enamel KE sterling silver Fenton china Finsbury / Fenton china Royal Albert china Royal Crown Derby china pair BUY THIS THIMBLE Spode china St George china Sutherland china James Swann & Son sterling silver James Swann & Son sterling silver and enamel Wedgwood china set of 6 James Swann & Son sterling silver BUY THIS THIMBLE Thimble Collectors Socy china Thimble Society of London china - handpainted Woodsetton Peeps brass peep Woodsetton Peeps pewter Woodsetton Peeps sterling silver gold-plated pewter silver-plated and enamel Children Princess Beatrice 8 August 1988 Tony Bouchet agateware Caverswall china Caverswall china Sutherland china The Queen Mother with Princess Beatrice James Swann & Son sterling silver Woodsetton Peeps brass Woodsetton Peeps brass Woodsetton Peeps pewter Eugenie 23 March 1990 Tony Bouchet agateware Peter Swingler sterling silver and enamel Peter Swingler sterling silver and enamel Woodsetton Peeps brass Others Caverswall china Visit to York 4 July 1987

HRH Prince Edward Duke of Wessex 10 March 1964 Birthdays celebrating 21st birthday 10 March 1985 St George china Marriage Miss Sophie Rhys-Jones 19 June 1999 Windsor Jaspers, York handpainted china Julie Menzies china Museum Collection china Swann Thimbles sterling silver china Others Caverswall china

HRH Princess Margaret Countess of Snowden 21 August 1930 - 9 February 2002 Caverswall china Julie Menzies china celebrating 70th birthday 2000 china in memoriam china in memoriam

HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother 4 August 1900 - 30 March 2002 Birthdays celebrating 75th birthday 4 August 1975 Woodsetton Peeps brass Was this issued at the time or in retrospect? celebrating 80th birthday 4 August 1980 Caverswall china Caverswall china Highland China china Mount Royal china Peter Swingler sterling silver/handpainted enamel celebrating 85th birthday 4 August 1985 Caverswall china Deakin & Francis sterling silver and enamel commissioned by Thimble Society of London Stephen Frost - Warwick Models pewter - handpainted Felix Morrell brass and gilt Theodore Paul china with Swarovski Crystal Sutherland / Scotland Direct china BUY THIS THIMBLE celebrating 90th birthday 4 August 1990 Jenny Blair Designs silver foil on glass Jenny Blair Designs gold foil on glass Tony Bouchet agateware Caverswall china Fenton china Hamilton & Inches sterling silver Shirley Hewitt - Thimblecraft porcelain Sutherland china James Swann & Son sterling silver Swann Thimbles sterling silver Swann Thimbles sterling silver and enamel Peter Swingler sterling silver and enamel Woodsetton Peeps brass John & Margaret Urwin wood sterling silver celebrating 93rd birthday 4 August 1993 Dunheved handpainted china by Sheila Whitcombe celebrating 95th birthday 4 August 1995 Sutherland china Sutherland china with Swarovsaki crystal celebrating 98th birthday 4 August 1998 Julie Menzies china Sutherland china Swann Thimbles/The Thimble Guild sterling silver - slate apex celebrating 99th birthday 4 August 1999 Julie Menzies china Museum Collection china Swann Thimbles sterling silver and stone Woodsetton Peeps brass celebrating 100th birthday 4 August 2000 Fenton china Stephen Frost - Warwick Models handpainted pewter Peter Ladell sterling silver commissioned by Thimble Society of London Julie Menzies china Julie Menzies china Julie Menzies china Museum Collection china Woodsetton Peeps brass peep china sterling silver celebrating 101st birthday 4 August 2001 Museum Collection china Rachel Pugh china Woodsetton Peeps brass peep china In memoriam 30 March 2002 Stephen Frost - Warwick Models handpainted pewter Museum Collection china Woodsetton Peeps brass Woodsetton Peeps pewter peep china Set of 8 by Rachel Pugh Others Dunheved handpainted china by Sheila Whitcombe St George china St George china 63rd birthday Sutherland china commemorating 50 years since her coronation, 1987 Sutherland china china china 1987 china

HRH Prince William 21 June 1982 Birthdays birth 21 June 1982 Caverswall china Caverswall china set of 4 BUY THIS THIMBLE Caverswall china set of 4 Princess Diana as Mother Caverswall china set of 4 HM Queen Elizabeth as grandmother BUY THIS THIMBLE Caverswall china set of 4 Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother as great-grandmother BUY THIS THIMBLE Deakin & Francis sterling silver Deakin & Francis 9 ct gold Fenton / St George china Highland China china Royal Albert china Royal Worcester china Spode china Sutherland china James Swann & Son sterling silver and enamel James Swann & Son sterling silver made for Thimble Society of London Peter Swingler sterling silver and enamel Victoria China Wedgwood jasperware Whitehill Silver & Plate Co sterling silver and enamel china sterling silver and enamel christening 4 August 1982 Caverswall china Caverswall china BUY THIS THIMBLE 1st birthday 21 June 1983 Caverswall china Caverswall china Caverswall china St George china Sutherland china 18th birthday 21 June 2000 Julie Menzies china Museum Collection china china 21st birthday 21 June 2003 Julie Menzies china Museum Collection china Museum Collection china Woodsetton Peeps pewter Other china

HRH Prince Henry [aka Prince Harry] 15 September 1984 Birthdays birth 15 September 1984 Caverswall china Deakin & Francis sterling silver commissioned by Thimble Society of London Siegfried Flitsch Pforzheim sterling silver & enamel St George china Sutherland china James Swann & Son sterling silver James Swann & Son sterling silver made for Thimble Society of London pewter pewter - handpainted 1st birthday 15 September 1985 The Thimble Library china 18th birthday 15 September 2002 Museum Collection china 21st birthday 15 September 2005 Julie Menzies china Museum Collection china Other china

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References
Dorothy Friend. British commemorative and souvenir thimbles. 1987
Gimbels & Sons Country Store. Catalogues
The Thimble Guild, Scotland. Catalogues
Thimble Society [of London]. Catalogues

Contributors
Linda Berkery - Sue Burt - Ray Nimmo - Heather Pead - Elaine Pollard - Jean Taylor
Hans Vogel - Joanna Waciorski

This listing of Royalty thimbles does not purport to be complete or accurate in all aspects.
Rather it invites comment and contribution to add to our knowledge. My thanks to the contributors.