https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/cd165d396d852e2082144607f97e77eb.pdf f1521e3e062f6bcc90d2af39d6526187 Royal Warrant These can be purely administrative in nature (e.g., Warrants authorizing the use of the Great Seal) or they can be substantive instruments (e.g., Warrants of appointment). They are signed by the Monarch and (usually) countersigned by a Minister of the Crown. Transcript A transcript of the document.  Page 1 L. S. (Sgd.) Elizabeth R Our Will and Pleasure is, that you forthwith cause Our Great Seal to be affixed to an Instrument bearing date with these Presents (a copy whereof is hereunto annexed) containing a Full Power to Our Trusty and Well-beloved, Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz, Esquire, a Member of Parliament, one of Our Ministers of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, authorising and empowering him, in respect of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, to negotiate and conclude with the Minister or Ministers, Plenipotentiary or Plenipotentiaries vested with similar Power and Authority on the part of any other Powers or States any Treaty, Convention, Agreement, Protocol or other Instrument for the arrangement of matters in discussion between Us and such other Powers or States.  <div style="border-top:2px solid #000;margin:2em 0;"></div> Page 2 And for so doing this shall be your Warrant. Given at Our Court of Saint James’s, the Sixteenth day of December in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine hundred and Ninety-nine and in the Forty-eighth Year of Our Reign. BY HER MAJESTY’S COMMAND, (Sgd.) Robin Cook To Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Counsellor Alexander Andrew Mackay, Lord Irvine of Lairg, QC, Our Chancellor of Great Britain.  <div style="border-top:2px solid #000;margin:2em 0;"></div> Page 3 Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, &c., &c., &c., To all and singular to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting! Whereas for the better treating of and arranging any matters which are now in discussion, or which may come into discussion, between Us, in respect of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and any other Powers or States, We have judged it expedient to invest a fit person with Full Power to conduct negotiations on Our part, in respect of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Know ye, therefore,  <div style="border-top:2px solid #000;margin:2em 0;"></div> Page 4 that We, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in the Wisdom, Loyalty, Diligence and Circumspection of Our Trusty and Well-beloved Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz, Esquire, a Member of Parliament, one of Our Ministers of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, have named, made, constituted and appointed, as We do by these Presents name, make, constitute and appoint him Our undoubted Commissioner, Procurator and Plenipotentiary in respect of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Giving to him all manner of Power and Authority to treat, adjust and conclude with such Minister or Ministers, Plenipotentiary or Plenipotentiaries as may be vested with similar Power and Authority on the part of any other Powers or States any Treaty, Convention, Agreement, Protocol or other Instrument between Us and such Powers or States, and to sign for Us, and in Our name, in respect of Our United Kingdom of  <div style="border-top:2px solid #000;margin:2em 0;"></div> Page 5 Great Britain and Northern Ireland, everything so agreed upon and concluded, and to do and transact all such other matters as may appertain thereto, in as ample manner and form, and with equal force and efficacy, as We Ourselves could do, if personally present; Engaging and Promising, upon Our Royal Word, that whatever things shall be so transacted and concluded by Our said Commissioner, Procurator and Plenipotentiary, in respect of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, shall, subject if necessary to Our Ratification, be agreed to, acknowledged and accepted by Us in the fullest manner, and that We will never suffer, either in the whole or in part, any person whatsoever to infringe the same, or act contrary thereto, as far as it lies in Our power.  <div style="border-top:2px solid #000;margin:2em 0;"></div> Page 6 In Witness whereof We have caused Our Great Seal to be affixed to these Presents, which We have signed with Our Royal Hand. Given at Our Court of Saint James’s, the ____ day of ______ in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Nine hundred and Ninety-nine and in the Forty-eighth Year of Our Reign. Countersigner The individual who countersigned the Warrant. Robin Cook (Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) Seal Affixed Some Warrants bear a seal. Second Seal (Red) Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. Royal Warrant is printed in Courier New. Full Powers are printed in a mix of a Gothic font and Times New Roman. The eschatocol is unusual of the Full Powers is unusual. Instead of the usual teste clause ("In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent") it reads "In Witness whereof We have caused Our Great Seal to be affixed to these Presents which We have signed with Our Royal Hand". It then proceeds to a dating clause like those used in Royal Warrants. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Royal Warrant - For Affixing the Great Seal to a Full Powers [1999-12-16] Subject The topic of the resource Foreign Affairs Great Seal Description An account of the resource Royal Warrant of Queen Elizabeth II directing the Lord Chancellor to affix the Great Seal to Full Powers for Keith Vaz. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Queen Elizabeth II Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived C 187/125 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1999-12-16 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource T. Onslow Relation A related resource <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/47-48/30/section/2" title="Great Seal Act 1884">Great Seal Act 1884</a> but the resulting Letters Patent are a prerogative instrument. Diplomacy Foreign Secretary Great Seal Monarch