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What does the Queen keep in her handbag??

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DavetheCat2001 · 30/08/2018 21:34

So..the queen always has a handbag with her.

I was just wondering (aloud to OH who was no use at all), what do you think she carries in there?

Mobile phone? - does the Queen have one?? OH thinks she must have, but...really?

Make up/comb etc? - surely she has 'people' to do that for her.

A diary maybe?

What else? I'm thinking about my own bag which has:

purse - does the Queen need to actually pay for anything?
keys - to Windsor castle??
Phone - hmmm..?
Make up - has anyone ever seen her touching up her MU? Or would she really pop to the ladies room to rouge-up?

What else??

OP posts:
StealthPolarBear · 30/08/2018 22:27

And a clean pair of tights

StealthPolarBear · 30/08/2018 22:28

And a picture of the great grandkids.
And a picture of her, drawn by Charlotte, where she has a frown, bright pink hair and is floating a foot off the ground. Big yellow sun.

CarolDanvers · 30/08/2018 22:31

Mints and a lipstick. Maybe her mobile and she plays a few rounds of candy crush and looks at videos of corgis on her way to engagements.

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StealthPolarBear · 30/08/2018 22:32

Poo bags of course

Gigis · 30/08/2018 22:37

I read somewhere (No idea where now) that there's pretty much nothing but a hanky in her bag but that one of her ladies in waiting carries an almost identical bag which has actually useful things in it like spare tights and whatnot I'm case of emergencies or if she needs a new bag...it seemed plausible when I read it but now I'm typing it out maybe not so much. I can't think of an occasion where only her bag would be ruined and she'd need to seamlessly switch to an identical one immediately.

StealthPolarBear · 30/08/2018 22:39

My bags shoulder strap has started snapping at inconvenient moments. I need a lookey likey with an identical bag, with all the same crap in :o

AdaColeman · 30/08/2018 22:43

You'll need a Lady in Waiting to carry it for you too Stealth !

Rebecca36 · 31/08/2018 04:40

lipstick
hankies
fags and lighter
miniature gin
dog biscuits
condoms

flumpybear · 31/08/2018 05:55

She's big into horse racing so I expect an iPhone with the latest app re the days racing

The keys to the Crown Jewels

Hotline to James Bond Daniel Craig version of course

VelociraptorRex · 31/08/2018 08:23

I'd quite like a hotline to Daniel Craig in my handbag...

AdaColeman · 31/08/2018 11:05

A little black notebook to jot down the names of those to be beheaded.

A list of who she has lent her tiaras and other jewels to.

IJustLostTheGame · 31/08/2018 11:26

A copy of the racing post.
The buzz button for Philip's electric shock dog collar. Or maybe nipple clamps.
A 20 pack of Sovereign fags.
A spare paper crown from Burger queen.

AsleepAllDay · 31/08/2018 11:36

So funny! A flask for sure

Saggital · 31/08/2018 11:36

Handkerchief
Glasses
2018 Horse & Hound diary
Biro without a lid
Shopping list
Quarter of a packet of Extra Strong Mints
Out of date voucher for Sea Life Centre
Hairgrip
Out-of-date £1 coin, 2 x 20ps, 1 x 2p, 1 x 1p slightly greening
One loose Extra Strong Mint, chipped

AdaColeman · 31/08/2018 11:54

Small bottle of Nuit de Noël by Caron to dab behind her ears.

befairdontjudge · 31/08/2018 12:10

Vibrator!

PristineCondition · 31/08/2018 12:14

The keys to her underground lizard city

DMCWelshCakes · 31/08/2018 12:29

I had a book as a child called "Dear Queen". It was letters from children to the queen asking questions that she answered. I think it was for charity, but cant remember which one.

Anyway...

One of the letters was asking what was in the handbag. IIRC it was a hanky, glasses and a bank note to put in the church collection.

Other questions included the names of the corgis, how many countries she'd been to and whether she liked Prince William *she did).

Fromage · 31/08/2018 12:32

Condoms
lube
butt plug
poppers
spare chicken fillets
tucking tape

Same as every other queen.

JenFromTheGlen · 31/08/2018 12:36

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CaptainKirkssparetupee · 31/08/2018 12:37

I think it was once actually stated what the Queen has in her hand bag, about 20 years ago it was the typical boring old lady stuff, £10 for her church collection box, makeup brush and compact, mirror, glasses, diary, package tissues and a camera.
It wouldn't suprise me if she now has a mobile phone.
And an extra mask to cover her reptile head just in case.

Smurfybubbles · 31/08/2018 12:40

This thread has me in stitches Grin

SeptimusQuench · 31/08/2018 13:26

I work with the Mayor of a large town. She generally prefers to carry a scruffy rucksack, but wheels the handbag out when she’s on show (and I often have to hold it while she pops to the loo!).

She says the best tip given her by a previous Mayor is to ALWAYS have few fivers in her bag to give to charity collections, and for buying raffle tickets or cakes at the local fete.

Knittedfairies · 31/08/2018 13:28

A brick.

StealthPolarBear · 31/08/2018 14:02

Oh yes folding crown