Queen Elizabeth II has left a secret message in a dress she wore during a private audience at Buckingham Palace on October 23, 2019.
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While the Queen usually wears matching ensembles in solid colours, she stepped outside of her comfort zone to wear an unusual print when she greeted her guests.
What appeared to be just a simple, black, long-sleeved, floral midi dress actually had some interesting details.
According to Hello, the dress also included some unusual British wildlife, including an owl and a squirrel.
This isn’t the first time the Queen has sent a hidden message through her outfit.
In 2011, royal historian Hugo Vickers told People Magazine the Queen uses her handbags to send secret signals to Buckingham Palace staff and her accompanying aides when she travels.
According to Mr Vickers, when Queen Elizabeth is finished with a conversation, she shifts her bag to the other arm to let her handlers know she’s ready to move on.
If the Queen is especially uncomfortable, she places her handbag on the floor to signal for an emergency exit.
Queen Elizabeth is said to own more than 200 handbags, all from Launer, but the royal family’s connection to the British legacy brand started with her mother, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.
The Queen Mother first purchased a Launer bag in the 1950s and soon after gifted one to her daughter, Elizabeth.
The 93-year-old monarch has carried black bags from Launer since the early 1960s, with three supposed favourites: the black leather Royale, the black patent Traviata, and a third black custom bag, The Telegraph reports.
In recent years, the Traviata has become the Queen’s go-to style, Hello! Magazine notes.
Launer was even granted a royal warrant for service to the Crown in 1981.
Gerald Bodmer – Launer’s CEO – told Town and Country Magazine the Queen orders five custom bags a year, but doesn’t deviate much from the original style of the ’50s.
In an interview with Daily Mail, Mr Bodmer revealed: “She likes a slightly longer handle so it doesn’t get caught up in her clothes when she is greeting people.
“She’s not keen on shoulder straps, zips or partitions…she wants a strap that she can easily get her hand through to lift the lock and access the contents.”
Glamour Magazine claims the Queen carries a small mirror, Clarins lipstick – her go-to brand – mints, reading glasses, a pen, and, only on Sundays, a “crisply ironed £5 or £10 note” for the church collection plate.
The monarch also has a portable hook and suction cup in her bag to hang it from the bottom of a table, The Telegraph reveals.
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