Mike Tindall with Mia Tindall, Queen Elizabeth II's great granddaughter. Talking to Good Morning Britain, Mike elaborated saying, "It just happened at the right time. She was being a bit naughty. The queen got it quite right when she told her "just hold the handbag now" and she did that.
As for what the queen kept in her bag, royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith says the items weren't all that different from what normal women carry with them: a mirror, lipstick, mint lozenges and reading glasses.
The signals
If she puts her bag on the floor, it shows she's not enjoying the conversation and wants to be rescued by her lady-in-waiting. The Queen is said to own more than 200 Launer handbags. Her preferred styles are the Royale and the black patent Traviata (23cm x 20cm x 10cm).
It has been reported that the Queen also used to the patent purse to communicate messages to her staff. In 2011, royal historian Hugo Vickers told People that if she passed her handbag from one hand to the other it was a signal that she needed assistance getting out of a conversational corner.
The Queen reportedly owns more than 200 Launer bags and according to Town & Country, her favourite styles are “the black leather Royale, black patent leather Traviata and a third custom handbag”.
Most often she carried bags from luxury brand Launer London – including in the last published picture of her. The company's CEO told the Daily Mail in 2016 that the Queen owned at least 200 of the bags — which each cost around £2,000, according to the Launer website.
He's quick to dispel hearsay that Her Majesty had more than 200 Launer bags, too. “She had five or 10, maybe 11,” he muses. The Queen reused beloved styles that were several decades old, only adding to her collection—never replacing them—every few years. “They never throw them out, they never get rid of them,” he adds.
“I believe there's etiquette that ladies do not make their faces up in public,” the former royal footman explained, “but she had her bag over the side and she would take her lipstick out and put it on with no mirror or anything, and that was a signal to the ladies that she was ready to leave.”
The Queen doesn't usually carry money with her. She does, however, make an exception on Sundays.
The Queen, Charles and William 'always travel with a bag of their own blood' The Queen, Prince Charles and Prince William always take a vital essential on their royal tours with them - a supply of their own blood.
The reason- her special phone. According to Express UK, the Queen had a phone with a “highly encrypted anti-hacking mechanism”. The special mechanism in the phone, a Samsung model, was set up by the MI6 to prevent hackers from accessing any details of her personal conversations.
Queen Elizabeth II's handbags served as both practical fashion statements and a means of communicating with her servants in secret about when she wanted conversations to finish, according to a number of Royal specialists. The Queen always carried a handbag on her arm to match her extravagant attire or the occasion.
The monarch, who meets thousands of people each year in the course of her work, may also use the solid, square bag to gain personal space when someone gets a little too close. So just how many handbags does the Queen own? About 300, Phil revealed.
The Queen then opened her handbag and took out a sandwich. “So do I. I keep mine here...for later,” she said. Her response left the fictional character surprised.
Elizabeth chose never to marry. If she had chosen a foreign prince, he would have drawn England into foreign policies for his own advantages (as in her sister Mary's marriage to Philip of Spain); marrying a fellow countryman could have drawn the Queen into factional infighting.
Who inherits the Queen's wealth? King Charles is the sole beneficiary of the Queen's wealth, including her £650 million estate. On top of this, she amassed tens of millions of pounds in her own cash and assets, mainly from art and racehorses.
Queen Elizabeth is believed to have left an estate worth approximately 782 million dollars solely to her son, King Charles. King Charles' inheritance from his mother will not be taxed due to the fact that money exchanged from "monarch to monarch" is exempt from taxation.
Since 2012, the monarch's official duties, and the costs involved in maintaining the occupied palaces, have been paid for by a government-administered annual lump sum called the Sovereign Grant.
According to the monarch's long-time dresser, the queen does her own makeup every single day except for one special event: the yearly Christmas speech. “You might be surprised to know that this is the only occasion throughout the year when Her Majesty does not do her own makeup,” Kelly wrote.
It was 457 years ago that Elizabeth came close to death but the aftermath of the disease that nearly killed her led to the iconic makeup style, that makes Queen Elizabeth one of the most recognisable monarchs of British royal history.
Most royals, including Queen Elizabeth II, Kate Middleton, and Queen Camilla, usually opt for understated looks. That's likely because royals are expected to maintain a more natural and classic style. Their eye makeup is intended to enhance natural beauty rather than add to a look or fit a trend.
Handmade by London-based footwear company, Anello & Davide, each and every one of the Queen's shoes were reportedly made by a dedicated team—including a pattern cutter, a clicker (a person in charge of selecting the leather), a closer (who sews the shoe's upper and stiffens the shoe) and a maker, who topped it all off ...
The Custom Bag
Queen Elizabeth carries her Launer bag to meet President Nixon in 1970. Perhaps because it was first acquired through Rayne, which had Launer produce purses to match its shoes, this style doesn't have a name—but it's clearly one of the Queen's all-time favorites.
Queen Elizabeth never wears the same outfit twice at important events. Therefore, the sovereign prefers to either change her outfits and if she gets bored of them, she sends them to her dressers, who are then allowed to either wear them themselves or sell them.