According to royal historian Hugo Vickers, the monarch uses her bag to send secret signals to her staff to indicate when she's ready to move on from a conversation. ... Of the handbag hand switch to summon helpers, Vickers said: 'Luckily, they'd let you down easy. '
A throwback to her days as a Girl Guide”. But Hello! did its own digging and discovered the queen carries regular daily items such as her reading glasses, a handkerchief, mints, a fountain pen, a small mirror, lipstick and a metal make-up case (which was a gift from Prince Philip).
According to People, The Queen employs her handbag to signal secret messages to staff. In a 2011 story, the publication reported that Her Majesty moves her handbag from one arm to the other as a signal to her staff when she's “ready to wrap up a conversation or social event”.
Dampier notes that the queen uses the accessory to subtly signal to her staff when she would like to exit a conversation, while Launer CEO Gerald Bodner has mused that “she doesn't feel fully dressed without her handbag.” Fair and reasonable, but maybe it's simply that she would feel uncouth swinging a meathook through ...
According to one of Her Majesty's cousins, Queen Elizabeth carries a portable hook in her handbag. She'll take the hook on visits outside of the palace in case she should need to hang her bag up. ... Other - slightly less surprising items - in the monarch's handbag are reading glasses, a pen, lipstick and tissues.
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