Queen's Printer

Queen's Printer

The Queen's Printer (or King's Printer when the monarch is male) is a position defined by letters patent under the royal prerogative in the United Kingdom. The holder of the letters patent has the nearly exclusive right of printing, publishing and importing the King James Bible and Book of Common Prayer within the United Kingdom's jurisdiction. There are three exceptions which apply to this right. One is that the office of Queen's Printer only extends to England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Within Scotland the rights to the King James Bible and the Book of Common Prayer are administered for the Crown by the Scottish Bible Board. The other two exceptions are that separate sets of letters patent grant the Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press the right to print and distribute the King James Bible and Book of Common Prayer regardless of who holds the office of Queen's Printer.

The current holder of the office of Queen's Printer is, by coincidence, Cambridge University Press.


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