By Lauren Smyith
House Beautiful
March 1, 2017
Lucky for Queen Elizabeth II, she has no need for house keys. And we bet you would never catch her running around her house (um, palace) looking for her misplaced cellphone. Which begs the question: What does she keep in those famous Launer purses she carries around every day anyway? Well, royal biographer, Sally Bedell Smith, got the scoop.
Back in 2012, Smith revealed that the Queen always keeps a mirror, lipstick, a pen, some mint lozenges and reading glasses on hand. And on Sundays she brings a few small bills "precisely folded" to give as a church donation.
But apparently her purse is more often used as a way to send signals to her staff than anything else.