Cash
only! Queen
Elizabeth II never
carries money, a palace source reveals in the latest issue of Us Weekly. Except for one day out of the week, that
is: Sundays.
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| Queen Elizabeth II |
“She
donates to the church collection basket,” says the source of the 89-year-old
monarch, whose visage adorns every pound. And crumpled bills won’t do: “Her
butler irons a 5-pound note into a little square by folding it until you can
only see her face!”
What else does Her Royal Majesty carry?
Historian Sally Bedell
Smith, who interviewed the reigning monarch’s friends and
relatives for the 2012 biography Elizabeth the
Queen: The Woman Behind the Throne, wrote that among the contents
of the queen’s purse are mint lozenges, reading glasses, a fountain pen,
lipstick, compact, and tissues. In addition, there is reportedly a portable
hook with a suction cap so that the queen can hang her bag discreetly under
tables!
Though Queen Elizabeth may not have cash on
her very often, she’s definitely not hurting for money. Her fortune is
estimated at 340 million pounds. While that amount is nothing to sneeze at,
according to researchers at the London School of Marketing, the long-reigning ruler isn’t
quite as wealthy as David and
Victoria Beckham’s family, who are estimated to be worth around
470 million pounds.
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