It’s not everyday that a local independent gift shop serves a member of the Royal family, but that’s exactly what happened recently at Between The Lines in Midhurst, West Sussex, when Queen Sofia of Spain popped in to do her gift shopping, complete with bodyguards and security men in tow!
“She bought armfuls of gifts from us, and seemed particularly keen on our wellbeing products, asking her bodyguards to pay and carry out her purchases to the car,” explains Lindsey Kleinlercher, co-founder of Between The Lines.
“Our shop staff told us she was absolutely charming – very gracious. She piled the products onto the counter and bought multiples of lots of things.”
In fact, Queen Sofia isn’t the first well known face to visit a Between The Lines gift and card store. Over the years, actress Dame Judi Dench has visited the Oxted branch, Johnny Depp has popped into Hazelmere and Mark Owen of Take That has gift shopped in Petersfield.
Lindsey and her husband Florian currently have 16 Between The Lines stores in the South of England, with four new stores scheduled to open in 2019 – the same year that the company will be celebrating its 30th anniversary.
Top: Between The Lines in Midhurst.
