Nelsons (Homeopathy) Charles, Prince of Wales announced a partnership between Nelsons and his Duchy Originals brand to produce a line of herbal remedies. He watched the first batch of products being produced and afterwards gave a speech to staff where he said he had great admiration for the company and had been brought up with their products. In 2009 Nelsons was named ‘Best UK Family Business, £25m+ turnover category’ in the Coutts Prize for Family Business 2008/2009. 2010 was the 150th anniversary of the founding of Nelsons, which was celebrated with a float at the Lord Mayor's Show in London. The Dublin
Waitrose Duchy Organic were "outright quackery". Subsequently the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency ruled that healing claims were misleading and required the company to amend an advertising campaign promoting two herbal medicines. In 2002 the "Deeside Water Company" began to produce some of its bottled mineral water for the "Duchy Originals" brand. In 2010 Waitrose rebranded the product as "Duchy Originals from Waitrose" and in 2016 the supermarket repackaged it as part of its "Waitrose One" premium range. Gardening tools were produced under the Duchy Originals brand by the Lancashire company "Caldwells" until it went into administration in 2009. The company Duchy