The Queen's Handbag Signals

[Totally Tunsie]

It has long been known that the Queen uses her handbag to signal her staff regarding her wishes.

https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/news/a8152/inside-queen-elizabeths-purse/

If she switches her bag from one arm to the other, watch out.

"It would be very worrying if you were talking to the Queen and saw the handbag move from one hand to the other," royal historian Hugo Vickers told PEOPLE. You see, this is a signal the Queen uses to indicate to her staff that she's ready to wrap up her current conversation.

Watch closely what takes place at 3:10 in this video:
[link:https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/twitter-counts-ways-president-trump-insulted-queen-elizabeth/ar-AAA3rcw|

The Queen is cool!

[braddy]

1. Kings and Queens shouldn't even exist.

[Blue_Adept]

4. And they don't in most countries

However, if that's how a particular country desires to run its government, that's their choice.

[braddy]

5. I was speaking as an American, I'm sick of this sudden worship of Monarchies, screw that Queen.

[Blue_Adept]

6. I suspect you're simply reading too much into it to begin with

It's the system in place there, something was done that people like. Doesn't mean there's a ton of "worship" of monarchies.

I'm not in favor of them but I can appreciate when QE does something like she did.

[braddy]

8. Kings and Queens have bothered me since childhood and it makes me sick to see some Americans fawn

them like they do, the Queen, Diana, all and any of those parasites.

[SCVDem]

25. Right!

They should be all over the Kardashians.

It's quaint and historical. They pay for it so we should shaddup about it!

Do we want to interfere everywhere with our fucked up system?

[braddy]

27. I don't care what they want or do, I am bothered by modern Americans who seem to envy having a

permanently ruling family who pass down the role from one to another forever.

[SCVDem]

30. I agree!

I am tired of "journalism " which is royalty or celibrity driven.

I don't give a shit!

[canetoad]

31. The Trumps

Are a 'ruling' family. You should read up on what a Constitutional Monarchy is.

[braddy]

32. Monarchy is more than just rich people.

[Crunchy Frog]

34. Here's a little hint.

In a constitutional monarchy, they don't actually rule. Their role is pretty much ceremonial.

[cwydro]

7. You've made it abundantly clear you hate the queen.

Yet here you are in another thread about her.

Are you familiar with the hide thread function?

[braddy]

9. I don't hate anyone, don't stalk and drag one thread to another.

[cwydro]

19. Lol, don't flatter yourself.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

22. "screw that queen" is an expression of your hatred (in this thread). . . . nt

[braddy]

35. Except that don't hate anyone and never have, I'm incapable of it apparently. Disapproving of

Monarchs and Monarchy is not to hate an individual.

[onethatcares]

10. I kinda like

Freddy Mercury though.

[Totally Tunsie]

11. A Champion he was!

[onethatcares]

14. yes, he had

no time for losers, no time for losers.................................

[braddy]

13. I got a kick out of James Blunt, I was surprised when I learned of his military record.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

21. It's not sudden. USA has had a long infatuation with British Monarchy (since Queen Victoria)

I'm no fan of monarchies. I think they should be tourist attractions and not much more.

But Queen Elizabeth II has been a tremendous, tireless worker for her country.

[Totally Tunsie]

12. Bait much?

[Crunchy Frog]

43. A master of it, apparently.

[NurseJackie]

15. ...

[CottonBear]

16. HM Queen Elizabeth II is the head of state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain

and Northern Ireland.

Prime Minister Theresa May is the head of government.

[still_one]

26. Speaks volumes that some don't seem to understand that simple fact.

[CottonBear]

41. It does.

Many countries have a both a head of state and a head of government. Some countries have both a president and a prime minister. Others have both an elected head of government and also a reigning royal who serves as head of state.

Of course, the US President is both head of state and government.

I think it is good to have the ceremonial and governmental functions and duties split between two individuals.

[Shrike47]

17. Avoid them then.You can do it!

And avoid threads about them.

[Mr.Bill]

18. The British royal family

are basically a professional tourist attraction. It's not like they are still chopping heads off their enemies.

I don't really care much about them one way or the other.

[braddy]

36. It is the modern American worshipful adulation of them by some, that bothers me.

[CCExile]

20. I used to think that,

but now I'm not so sure. In a modern social democracy, the good ones don't wield political power, but do provide a moral center outside of politics. In the U.S. we used to depend on churches to do that, but they obviously can't be trusted anymore. It's good to have a national level force outside of the partisan scrabble (sometimes).

[braddy]

39. The powerful family also rules as the Supreme Governor of their state church.

[Crunchy Frog]

33. You seem like you're more upset about another country's constitutional monarchy

Than you are about Trump and a fascist Republican party in our own country.

It's your right of course, but it seems a little odd.

[braddy]

37. It is is American adulation of them that bothers me not what the foreigners think of their masters.

[Crunchy Frog]

42. Not bothered by American adulation of Trump and his fascists then?

[Saguaro]

2. It was probably also to prevent him from trying to hold her hand.

You know he'd go for it, if only to disrespect the throne even more so than he'd already done.

[PatSeg]

29. That is exactly how it looked to me

She was avoiding physical contact and who can blame her.

[Cracklin Charlie]

3. Looks more like she trolled him...

With that military parade he so desperately wants.

[BHDem53]

23. She needs to use her handbag

on spanky like Ruth Buzzi did on Arte Johnson.

[whistler162]

24. Plus 1

[xeodtech]

28. The link from MSNBC does not seem to work.. Probably swamped with traffice

However, I watched the cnn clip very carefully and did not see her switch her bag??????

The pic shows them in the tent with the national anthem and she never switched her bag...

Here is the CNN Version:

1:04 start of anthem.. never saw it...

[Totally Tunsie]

40. The CNN tape cuts off beforehand.

The switchover occurs as they are leaving the viewing stand after the ceremony.

The MSNBC tape is slow to start, but it does open, at least for me.

[Mc Mike]

38. Unless she dusts off her chest. Then, if she tugs her ear twice, and puts a finger on one side of

her nose, that means 'take this fat piece of moronic nazi garbage to the Tower'.

[bluecollar2]

44. Proud to be English

Proud of my Queen.

I know there are some who don't understand.

Frankly, I could not care less.

[renate]

45. I admire the Queen

Her birth gave her a job to do and she’s done it extraordinarily well.