The next step: Fortnum & Mason unveils pioneering ‘double helix’ staircase in new chapter for its Piccadilly flagship

The connections with the crown continued (Queen Victoria personally sent Fortnum & Mason supplies to Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War), and in 1910, the company received its first royal warrant. It now holds two: one from King Charles III and one from Queen Camilla.

For centuries, Fortnum’s products have been on the frontline of extraordinary human endeavours; packed in the backpacks of mountaineers scaling Everest and explorers charting the depths of the world’s wildest jungles….