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Queen Elizabeth‘sroyal handbagis taking the spotlight!
The monarch unveiled a new portrait of herself on Wednesday while visiting the Royal Air Force Club for the organization’s 100th anniversary.
The Queen’s handbagis rarely seen in royal portraits, however, it made a very memorableappearance in her 90th birthday portraitthanks to great-granddaughter Mia Tindall!
Queen Elizabeth, who is hardly ever seen without her trusty bag, has reportedly owned more than 200 Launer handbags over the years. Her loyalty to the brand began in 1968, when designer Sam Launer sent her a bag.
“I think the idea was to capture something of the role of the monarch, but one tries to get behind that to the person,” Sullivan said after the unveiling. “And I really like the idea her handbag was placed in front of the gilt chair. It was almost happenstance that it was placed there but it gives some idea there’s actually a person as well as a figurehead—it’s personal.”
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“It’s where she put it, and I thought I could take it out,” he continued, “but then I thought—actually it’s quite a nice thing, a personal thing.”
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If you’re wondering what the Queen carries in her bag, “she may have had a small camera in it, as she likes to take impromptu snaps,”Phil Dampier, co-author ofWhat’s in the Queen’s Handbag? And Other Royal Secretspreviously told PEOPLE. “She will have perhaps had her glasses in there, or her sunglasses in there if she was going out in the garden.”
She’s also rumored to include a small mirror, lipstick, mints and a pen in her bag, and on Sundays, a £5 or £10 note for the church collection plate.
source: people.com
