Property News · January 6, 2016

Duvets v eiderdowns – the royal household takes it to the mattresses


Windsor Castle is rumoured to have swapped its traditional bedding for a more modern alternative. Will they still be able to make a bed fit for a queen? The eiderdown is dead, long live the duvet! Windsor Castle is changing the way it makes its beds. Apparently, this revolution in bedding has upset traditionalists within the royal household, who believe there is only one true way to make a bed: with an eiderdown. Buckingham Palace declines to confirm these reports. Bedding must be a sensitive issue. After all, this is not just a fight over the duvet, but a battle over the meaning of the duvet.The modern duvet is thought to have been introduced to the UK by Terence Conran, who first sold them in Habitat in 1964. Back then they were known as “continental quilts”, a foreign trespasser in the bedding market. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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