GUIDELINES FOR
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICES
If you would like detailed information
relating to ordering Official photographs
regarding members of the Royal Family
then please go to the FCO Intranet site
or contact the FCO Protocol Division,
London. The process for ordering official
photographic portraits are as follows
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Royal Images can be found
on the FCO Prism system supplier
number 64607, therefore you can raise an official purchase
order starting with the following four
numbers '1201'. Once we have this purchase
order we can send our invoice to central
payments for it to be paid in pounds
sterling locally and they will then make
an internal charge to your post.
Packages are normally sent to one of
the FCO forwarding depots such as Hanslope
Park who will then forward the parcel
on to you at post. If the parcel needs
to be sent to you directly then please
make sure that we are supplied with the
FULL postal address at the time of placing
your order.
Please ensure that your purchase order
states all the required information -
image reference, are the prints to be
signed (yes or no), print size, framing
required (yes or no), frame style, the
name of the FCO post for whom the print(s)
are for and if we are to invoice post
directly then we will need the invoicing
details as well.
Please ensure that you have read and
understand the rules relating to charging
of VAT to orders for The Foreign and
Commonwealth Office
Her Majesty The
Queen
Only Sovereign posts can request official
signed photographs of The Queen for
display in the Mission or in the Head
of Mission’s residence. Signed
photographs, and replacement signed
photographs, can be requested by writing
to the Royal Households Secretariat,
Protocol Directorate, who will consult
with Buckingham Palace for approval.
The current photograph must be returned
to the Royal Households Secretariat
before a replacement can be issued.
Royal Images acts
as a central contact point for any FCO
post which would like to obtain a photograph
of any Member of the Royal Family. They
are also able to advise on what photographs
are available and co-ordinate obtaining
the prints from other sources on your
behalf. Prices may vary according to
your requirements such as the size of
the print required, framing, delivery
etc. if it is to be sent directly to
you via a courier especially if you are
outside the UK.
For more information please contact:
Mike O'Keefe
Custodian of the Official Royal Image
Library
Royal Images
PO Box 83
Sandy
Bedfordshire SG19 2WH
Tel: +44 (0) 845 634 5577
Mobile: +44 (0)7980 847 147
Email: mike@royalimages.co.uk
Condolence photos
Condolence photographs are currently
only available for the following members
of the Royal Family but others may be
available on request -
The Queen
The Duke of Edinburgh
Prince of Wales
Princess Royal
If
you would like to order condolence
photographs then please contact Mike
O'Keefe directly via email - mike@royalimages.co.uk for more information or alternatively
please call him on 0845 634 5577.
Photographs are only available to government
offices
for condolences purposes.
If you would like
detailed information relating to ordering
Official
photographs of members of the Royal Family
then please go to the FCO Intranet site
or contact the FCO Protocol Division,
London.
General Guidelines
General guidelines
are that each post can order any number
of Official
prints, framed or unframed, but are
limited to the number of signed prints
that they
are allowed to have at any one time.
If you are ordering a print to replace
an older
signed
print or prints then you must return
the signature portion of the mount
to
either Royal
Images, The FCO Protocol Division
or The Chief Clerk at Buckingham Palace
ensuring
that you make it clear where they have
come from. We can receive your order
in
advance of the signatures but your
prints
will not be authrosied for signature
until
they have been received. Failure to
comply with this request may cause
delays to your
order.
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