{"id":6556,"date":"2016-07-14T18:55:22","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T17:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blueeyedsun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6556"},"modified":"2016-11-23T10:34:34","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T10:34:34","slug":"queens-award-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blueeyedsun.co.uk\/blog\/queens-award-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Eyed Sun meet the Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blueeyedsun.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JeremyCorner-JoCorner-QueensAward2016.jpg\" alt=\"Jeremy Corner and Jo Corner at Buckingham Palace\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blueeyedsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JeremyCorner-JoCorner-QueensAward2016.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.blueeyedsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JeremyCorner-JoCorner-QueensAward2016-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blueeyedsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JeremyCorner-JoCorner-QueensAward2016-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.blueeyedsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/JeremyCorner-JoCorner-QueensAward2016-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>Blue Eyed Sun founders, Jo and Jeremy Corner, recently attended a special event at Buckingham Palace in London that was held for the select companies who won Queen\u2019s Awards this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an incredible honour to meet the Queen and to present her with one of our 90th Birthday cards and tell her a little bit about Blue Eyed Sun. The reception was attended by the Duke of Edinburgh, The Princess Royal , Princess Eugenie of York, The Duke of Gloucester, The Duke of Kent, Prince Michael of Kent and Princess Michael of Kent, who we were also lucky enough to meet. It was a fun and exciting evening.\u201d &#8211; Jeremy Corner, MD.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Eyed Sun was awarded the Queens Award for International Trade in recognition of their continued export growth over the last three years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our\u00a0Queen&#8217;s Award is testament to the hard work and dedication our fantastic team and the wonderful partnerships we have with our fantastic distributors in the many countries we export to around the world.\u201d &#8211; Jeremy Corner, MD.<\/p>\n<p>The award was especially significant for Blue Eyed Sun in the year where the Queen is celebrating her ninetieth birthday and has received over 80,000 greeting cards congratulating her on reaching her birthday milestone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueeyedsun.co.uk\/blog\/queens-award-for-international-trade\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more about Blue Eyed Sun&#8217;s Export Award Win<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueeyedsun.co.uk\/blog\/startup-britain-bus-tour-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read about our visit to Downing Street<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueeyedsun.co.uk\/blog\/award-winning-advice-for-the-henries\/\" target=\"_blank\">Advice on winning awards<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blueeyedsun.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/BlueEyedSun-90BirthdayCard.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Eyed Sun - 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