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Queen Elizabeth II is known for her colorful fashion choices. The bright neon hats and matching suits have become the monarch’s signature style and she seems to have them in every color. But when thinking about the queen’s wardrobe some have questioned what’s done with the outfits that she doesn’t wear anymore.
We doubt things worn by the longest-reigning British monarch get dropped off at a clothing bin. So what happens to them? Are they auctioned off? Thrown away? Here’s what Her Majesty does with her old clothes.
Queen Elizabeth II | Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty ImagesThe queen is very particular about her wardrobe
Queen Elizabeth’s wardrobe is made up almost entirely of matching suits and dresses, in fact, she’s only been photographed wearing pants once and that was back in 1970. She also mostly sticks to loud, vibrant colors and there’s a specific reason for that.
“She needs to stand out for people to be able to say ‘I saw the queen’,” her daughter-in-law Sophie, Countess of Wessex, explained in the 2017 documentary The Queen at 90. “Don’t forget that when she turns up somewhere, the crowds are two, three, four, 10, 15 deep and someone wants to be able to say they saw a bit of the queen’s hat as she went past.”
Queen Elizabeth II | Chris Jackson/Getty Images
Andrew Bolton, a curator at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts, agreed and told the New York Times that “She is not particularly interested in high fashion, but she is particular about clothes and interested in things that make her absolutely identifiable as queen.”
Her Majesty’s biographer Hugo Vickers added, “You have to be able to see that figure in a lemon coat and hat from far away.”
And if you’re wondering if what the queen’s favorite color to wear is that would be blue. She wears some shade of it 29% of the time. She also likes green which she breaks out 11% of the time, followed by pink and purple. Her least favorite color to wear is beige which makes sense since it’s not one that would grab the attention of a crowd gathered to see her.
What happens to her old clothes?
Queen Elizabeth II | Geoff Pugh – WPA Pool/Getty Images
When the queen grows tired of an outfit and wants to get rid of it she gives it to her dressers and they have two choices of what to do with it.
According to Brian Hoey’s book Not Infront of the Corgis, Her Majesty’s dressers are given the option of either wearing the clothing or selling it. If they choose the latter though there is a strict condition they must follow before it leaves their possession.
The royal author noted that it cannot be known that the article of clothing once belonged to the queen and therefore “all of the labels found on the clothes are removed and anything that could possibly identify it as having come from royalty are obliterated.”
Read more: What Does the Royal Family Do With All the Gifts They Get From Fans?
Also I found this Hola:
Undressing The Queen: Royal Behind-The-Scene Secrets Revealed By Her Majesty’s Dresser (forbes.com)
The Queen attends the State Opening of Parliament today, accompanied by Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall
Such huge amounts of money.
Irish MMA fighter Conor McGregor tops Forbes Top 10 sporting rich list for 2021.
Sport's highest earners in US dollars ...
1.Conor McGregor (IRE) MMA — $180 million
2.Lionel Messi (ARG) Football — $130 million
3.Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) Football — $120 million
4.Dak Prescott (USA) American Football — $107.5 million
5.Lebron James (USA) Basketball — $96.5 million
6.Neymar (BRA) Football — $95 million
7.Roger Federer (SUI) Tennis — $90 million
8.Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Formula 1 — $82 million
9.Tom Brady (USA) American Football — $76 million
10.Kevin Durant (USA) Basketball — $75 million
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-13/conor-mcgregor-tops-sporting-rich-list-for-2021/100136342
A dingo-proof fence is set to be erected around Fraser Island's biggest township in an effort to protect visitors from the island's native dingo population.
It comes amid increasing community concerns about interactions between dingoes and tourists, that last month saw a toddler airlifted to hospital after being attacked.
The fence, spanning nearly 7km, will be erected around Orchid Beach and will cost the Queensland government an estimated $2 million. The new barrier will add to fencing already installed around 24 campgrounds and other major townships, such as Eurong, Happy Valley and Kingfisher Bay Resort.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-15/qld-dingo-proof-fencing-funding-fraser-island/100141632
Mum and Dad look proud as punch!
Mary and Fed with their children all growing up, at Christians Confirmation.
Sophisticated: Queen Margrethe (pictured above), 81, looked elegant in a coral coat dress, a matching fascinator, pearl jewellery and court shoes
Avocado Art
:) I just like eating them on toast.
Reminds of years ago when we cruised, the Chefs used to carve all sorts on various objects like that, so clever they are too.
Miss Mexicana Universal Andrea Meza (pictured, left, right and top inset, after being crowned 2021 winner) was crowned Miss Universe 2021 on Sunday a year after the 2020 pageant was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 26-year-old model-software engineer - who was crowned by 2019 titleholder Zozibini Tunzi - reacted to her triumph on Instagram: 'MISS UNIVERSE IS MÉXICO!' Pictured, bottom inset: Brook Lee, Demi-Leigh Tebow, Miss Universe 2021 Andrea Meza and Olivia Culpo.
An incredibly rare black kookaburra has been spotted for the first time in decades hanging out in a man's backyard.
Experts are still baffled by the occasional crop up of albino birds, but say the all black kookaburra is rarer still.
Luckily, the Western Australian resident who first saw the bird in his backyard is an amateur photographer, and managed to get some shots of the unique bird.
Records state the bird has only ever been spotted once before in Western Australia, in a town named Coolup, 100 kilometers south of Perth.
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions ornithologist Allan Burbidge said a black kookaburra in WA had been documented in 1951.
Australia's colourful Cuckoo Wasp
Among the most resplendent insects to be found in Australia is the iridescent green, blue, and purple Cuckoo Wasp. As cunning as it is beautiful, this parasitic wasp lays its eggs in the nest of a ‘host’ species, whose unlucky larvae provide a food source for the wasp’s young. When threatened by a rival, the cuckoo wasp can curl up into an almost impenetrable armoured ball.
My son spotted one of these a few years ago and I tracked down what it was. As a result I bought him an Australian coin featuring the insect.
An endangered species of native wallabies has been pulled from the brink of extinction and saved from the jaws of feral cats, thanks to a breakthrough trial in central Queensland.
UNSW scientists have taken young wallabies and raised them in a protected shelter before releasing them, which saw an 89 per cent success rate. The conservation scientists say there is hope again for the species' survival, after seeing the largest recorded increase in the population during a trial of a new protection strategy at a central Queensland nature reserve in a fenced off a 10-hectare area at Avocet nature reserve south of Emerald.
Milky Way Photographer of the Year
'Mt. Taranaki Milky Way' — by Larryn Rae at Fanthams Peak, Mt. Taranaki in New Zealand.
'Temple of the sun' — by Bryony Richards in Capitol Reef National Park, Utah.
Twenty-five pictures have been nominated for a website's annual Milky Way Photographer of the Year compilation. They were taken in 12 different countries across the world including Iran, Spain, USA, Greece and Australia.
British Opening of Parliament [slimmed down]