Idle thoughts really…….

Digressing: I once witnessed a rather endowed Italian mum sit up from topless sunbathing at Garda years ago , and searching furiously for her designer sunnies! I bit the bullet and let her know they were tightlyly and safely tucked under her right boob! She laughed, I laughed ,her husband nearly had a fit laughing!!!

annsixty

I never ever go out without a handbag.
Where on earth do you carry your money, your measuring tape, your shoe horn, your pen and notebook, your folding shopping bag, your painkiller/ indigestion tablets, nail scissors, hotel acquired sewing kit.
Wet wipes, plasters, the list is endless.

This made me laugh and where are all her receipts?

annsixty, I don't need any of the things you mention (surely, in jest) and just take my phone and debit card in a pocket.

My friend turned up, one day, just as we were leaving to walk the dog. I handed her the dog's lead while I put my boots on - and off we went. Much later, deep in the woods about a mile away, she had a complete meltdown - as she'd left her bag at my house.

It was baffling. My grandson was still at home, the bag was safe and she didn't need anything in it. When she calmed down (and stopped hyperventilating) she just said that she never went anywhere without it.

Later (when she'd gone) we came to the conclusion that it was like an addiction - or a comfort blanket. It had some deep symbolic meaning to her. We believe she needs help with her mental health, quite a worry.

I dont go anywhere without my handbag,I did leave it for a while after my hip replacement when I had crutches, I then had my phone and cards etc. in the phone, but I was really lost without it, if its good enough for our Queen its good enough for me. I love to see the Queen always with her handbag and often wonder what she has in it, there cant be as much as I have in mine.

Somebody said they never see the Queen with a handbag, she is never seen without one!
I realise I carry far too many things in mine, my purse,which is essential, my mobile also essential, a hand sanitiser, an inhaler, a few pens, a little torch, lipstick, car keys, these all weigh quite a lot and I sometimes wonder why I have a pain in my shoulder !

Fascinating. I’m envious cos I wish I had started this thread.
I have also never seen a female royal have to hoick up a bra strap. No matter how well/professionally fitted I need to do this. I wondered if a dresser tied something through the back straps so this doesn’t happen?

I have recently downsized to a smaller handbag which seems to contain everything I need; so now I wonder what on earth I carried in a series of much larger bags. I also have a much smaller purse than my old one - I haven't needed to carry actual money for most of the last two years!

I could not step out of my house without my handbag! The only time I don't carry one is on walks, when the handbag is locked in my car boot and I have shoved phone, money and debit card in to the zip pockets of my Berghaus jacket (where tissues always reside).

I think she'll have a tissue tucked away discreetly. Pretty much everything else can wait a minute. Incidentally, I thought she looked absolutely stunning on the balcony today

I read somewhere that Catherine uses both hands to hold her clutch in front of her as a Royal way to indicate people should not shake her hand in those situations.

She's so beautiful and elegant, isn't she. I wish I could live long enough to know what will happen to George, Charlotte and Louis.
I had one of those silent phone calls just now. Just a shuffling sound and then silence. I do hate that. So I've put the answerphone on.