In addition to her colorful skirt suits that she wore every day, Elizabeth II also signed her figure with a constant handbag model: a model from the Launer brand in smooth leather and with a mysterious content. According to her biographer Sally Bedell Smith, it contained only mints, glasses, lipstick and a mirror, and was also used to express her willingness to leave an event (when she placed it on the table), she reports Vanity Fair. Since the death of Elizabeth Alexandra Mary on 8 September 2022 at Balmoral Castle (Scotland), it is Camilla who now seems to wear them, symbolically.
Queen consort Camilla wears Launer bags like the late Elizabeth II
Firstly, at the funeral of Elizabeth II, the queen consort was seen with a Launer clutch so adored by her mother-in-law. Since then, Camilla has worn them regularly, as a tribute to her late icon. People noted that Camilla wore it to the Christmas Concert in Westminster Abbey on 15th December 2022, during a visit to Colchester Castle on 7th March 2023, or to the Commonwealth Day Service on 13th March 2023.
Does this symbolic passing of the baton imply that the queen consort inherited her mother-in-law’s handbags? Buckingham Palace hasn’t officially revealed anything about it. But we can already read in the way Camilla opts for the Tosca clutch by Launer, rather than the Turandot and Traviata models that the queen wore continuously, a desire to pay homage to her, without trying to copy her for much. But also yet another attempt to try to increase one’s approval rating…
Source: Madmoizelle
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