IT is no secret that The Queen had a number of different subtle signals to communicate with her staff when in public. A man who worked for the Queen as a royal footman for eight years has revealed …
IT is no secret that The Queen had a number of different subtle signals to communicate with her staff when in public.as a royal footman for eight years has revealed her secret signal using a lipstick.Credit: Reportage - GettyCredit: Getty - ContributorCredit: Getty - Contributor
Speaking on a special episode of Antiques Roadshow, dedicated to "celebrate the reign and long life of Her Majesty the Queen," Ian Scott Hunter shared the Queen's signal to her aides when she was ready to leave an event. The Queen would sometimes be seen applying a bright-coloured lipstick while in public- and it seems that there was often a hidden reason behind it.
The former royal footman explained: "I believe there’s etiquette that ladies do not make their faces up in public. "But, she had her bag over the side and she would take her lipstick out and put it on with no mirror or anything, and that was a signal to the ladies that she was ready to leave.
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