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Subject: Re: By appointment to Her Majesty the Queen
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On Wednesday, 14 November 2012 04:32:52 UTC, Peter T. Daniels  wrote:
> On Nov 13, 8:13=A0pm, Harold Johanssen <noem...@please.net> wrote:
> > In the label of many British products one can read the words
> > =A0 =A0By appointment to Her Majesty the Queen
> > But, what is being appointed? Who is appointing it? Why "to". not
> > "by" the Queen?
> This is more a question for alt.usage.english.

Occasionally, one sees the amplified form:
    By appointment, suppliers of <product> to Her Majesty ...
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