A former Bermuda art teacher is cleaning up in Scotland ? by Royal appointment to the Queen.

Jenni Murray, known as Hewit when she taught at Clearwater Middle School in St David?s, has traded in her paints and brushes for a career in dry-cleaning.

And now her shop in Edinburgh handles all the clothes from the Queen?s official Scottish residence, Holyrood Palace, a stone?s throw from her St Mary?s Street premises.

That means she is responsible for looking after Her Majesty?s outfits as well as the wardrobes of Prince Philip and Prince Charles on their regular visits north of the border.

She also handles dry cleaning for the Royal holiday home, Balmoral Castle, in the north of Scotland.

Now Jenni has been awarded a coveted ?by appointment? Royal Warrant, which entitles her to display the Royal coat-of-arms.

And her Royal Warrant is now on show in pride of place outside Kleen Cleaners, which she bought in 2001 after returning home from Bermuda.

She holds one of only 800 Royal Warrants and only two other dry cleaners in the UK have been similarly honoured.

Jenni, 50, said: ?We?re very proud to have been recognised in this way. When we took the business over, we were aware that they serviced the palace, but the previous owner hadn?t ever applied for a warrant.

?When we decided to apply, we got it no problem. We?re now part of a pretty exclusive club.

?We?ve now got a large crest over the name of the shop - it?s brilliant for business and a real talking point for customers. It?s not everyone who can say they use the same dry cleaners as the Queen.?

But Jenni declined to reveal secrets of the Royal wardrobe, in line with the discretion demanded of holders of a Royal Warrant.

She said: ?We are aware to whom the clothes belong, but I?m afraid I can?t talk about that at all.?

But it is understood that the shop, which takes weekly deliveries from the palace, is entrusted with everything from the Queen?s ball gowns to Prince Charles? kilts.

Jenni said she took over the business, which she co-owns with niece Kirsty, without any experience of dry cleaning after she came home to Scotland in 2000 following five years in Bermuda.

She explained: ?I came back to Scotland when my contract in Bermuda ended and I was staying with friends in Edinburgh. I didn?t want to teach, I wanted to be in business for myself.

?I checked businesses for sale and looked at which were good for development and I spotted Kleen Cleaners. The opportunity was there and I grabbed it.?

Now Jenni has more than has doubled the turnover of the shop, originally opened nearly 60 years ago, and employs seven staff.

And in addition to the Royals, she boasts Scotland law lords from the country?s Supreme Court and the Faculty of Advocates - the professional body for Scotland?s equivalent of barristers - as clients as well.

She said: We do have a pretty prestigious list of clients - but we give the same level of care to all our customers, whether they?re Royals, judges or ordinary members of the public.?

Jenni admitted: ?I miss Bermuda in many respects because I loved the people and I loved the kids I taught. I made a lot of good friends there, but life goes on and I?m very happy here and with my new career.?