Queen Elizabeth Lives An Insanely Lavish Life

queen elizabeth is no doubt one of the richest and most powerful women in the world she's reportedly worth an astonishing 530 million dollars and her lifestyle certainly reflects her enormous wealth need proof these are all the ways queen elizabeth lives an insanely lavish life queen elizabeth's home base is buckingham palace in london the huge palace has 775 rooms total and of those rooms 78 are bathrooms you can even take a tour of some parts of the palace the main feature of the summer tours at the palace is the state rooms of which there are 19. these are the rooms where the queen spends time with guests there's also a huge bronze staircase dubbed the grand staircase with elaborate carvings the palace is filled with expensive artwork fine porcelain and clocks in fact there are so many analog clocks that there are two full-time workers who wind and take care of them in addition to these features buckingham palace is also home to sweeping lush gardens according to visit london there's even a lake on the property that spans some three acres the gardens outside the palace are naturally used to host queen elizabeth's garden parties hello magazine reported that these parties bring in 30 000 people annually one of the most enviable things about queen elizabeth is her huge collection of priceless jewels tiaras are especially enchanting since they're associated with being a royal the queen has plenty of tiaras to be sure but one in particular contains an impressive number of precious stones according to harper's bazaar queen elizabeth's burmese ruby tiara features a whopping 96 rubies upon queen elizabeth's marriage to prince philip myanmar sent them to the royal couple as a wedding present although that was back in the 40s she didn't get them fastened into a tiara until the 70s if you think that's impressive though you should know she also has a crown with over 2 000 diamonds as well as other gems it's the imperial state crown that has historically been worn for coronations including the queen's own since the 1930s and according to her royal dresser those diamonds sparkle because they are cleaned with gin being the queen means that queen elizabeth travels for a lot of diplomatic duties her first trip as the queen was to kenya in 1952 the year she became england's monarch according to rita's digest she has been to over 120 countries during her reign her apparent favorite is canada which is the place that she's visited the most she stopped in at least 27 times as part of the commonwealth canada technically falls under her rulership it might surprise you that queen elizabeth doesn't get to choose where she goes on trips though that's up to the united kingdom government which makes decisions depending on how safe a potential visit would be it turns out that even the queen of england doesn't get to do everything she wants however she does get to fly without a passport as reported by reader's digest british passports are issued in the queen's name so she herself doesn't need one to travel lucky if you thought buckingham palace was impressive you'll be in awe of another royal family home windsor castle it's one of the queen's six residences and it's the largest occupied castle in the world with roughly 1 000 rooms the home also has a rich history the outlet stated that the british royal family has lived in it for around a millennium as for queen elizabeth's history at windsor castle she lived there quite a bit growing up readers digest canada reported that she and her sister princess margaret took shelter there during the london bombings in world war ii the history there isn't all grim however windsor castle has also been the venue for royal weddings including prince harry and meghan markle's wedding as of october 2018 there's been a total of 17 weddings held at the castle the official website for the british royal family confirmed it is a beautiful venue after all what kinds of things does the queen buy with her vast wealth well handbags of course she's long been a fan of the high end brand lorna town and country reported that her mother gifted the then princess with her first lorna bag in the 50s and she's been hooked ever since the ceo of lorna london gerald bodmer said that queen elizabeth has 200 purses by the brand you can spot one in most every photo taken of her the queen's love for the brand isn't cheap however they can run as much as 2 346 dollars per purse as reported by good housekeeping that's chump change to a queen though besides they're more than simply handbags to her she uses them as codes to her aides according to today the queen will move her purse from her left arm to her right as a signal to her staff excuse me you urgently needed to talk to the archbishop of canterbury or something sneaky queen elizabeth has access to a private plane for travel which she needs to use often to get where she's going she uses the royal air force plane voyager as reported by cnbc government officials and the rest of the royal family also have access to this plane transporting those select few isn't the jets only job though it's also used to refuel other royal air force planes these trips taken by the queen and other royals aren't cheap and they're paid for by the british citizens tax money as reported by town and country the exception is when the queen is traveling to another country within the commonwealth in those instances the country she's visiting funds her travel the monarch is no stranger to taking the train either she uses one every year to travel to sandringham estate in norfolk historically the royals spend christmas there and for those trips she opts for a commercial train that said the royal train does exist queen elizabeth and meghan markle took a trip on it together in 2018 though it reportedly carried a heavy price tag of over 26 000 according to darren mcgrady the queen's former chef he got to travel all over the world for his work he told the seattle times that he took the job for the prestige and not for the paycheck which isn't necessarily impressive he explained he had to be prepared to cook for a lot of people when the queen hosted which was often mcgrady disclosed that queen elizabeth is a little unadventurous in her eating revealing that she loves chocolate as well as special case cereal now that we can relate to a 2020 job posting by the royal household in search of a sous chef mentioned the benefits of cooking for the queen which include 33 days of vacation annually you can even live in buckingham palace if you'd like with meals included but these do come out of your paycheck it also stated that the job required knowledge of french cuisine which queen elizabeth enjoys we're a little jealous that she has people preparing decadent food for her all the time the queen owns her very own racehorses and goes to horse races often even traveling to kentucky to visit the stud farms there her love for horses isn't some new phase though reader's digest reported that she first rode a horse when she was only three years old and got her first pony when she was four the publication also stated that queen elizabeth doesn't just watch horse races she rides them as well the queen's horsey hobby has managed to earn her a lot of money as of 2017 she'd netted 9.4 million dollars from over 450 races won by her racehorses according to reader's digest john warren the queen's racing advisor told the telegraph if the queen wasn't the queen she would have made a wonderful trainer she has such an affinity with horses and is so perceptive the queen reportedly likes to drive although she doesn't go far she can be spotted driving to church or on the grounds of her country estate according to town and country despite staying local she has many vehicle options in photos the queen is often pictured behind the wheel of her range rover but you'll also sometimes see the royals riding in a jaguar queen elizabeth also has a bentley state limousine according to town and country it was made specially for her 2002 golden jubilee so onlookers could get a better view of her but that isn't her only bentley the car brand let her buy the first bentley bentayga when it came out in 2015. it's the most expensive suv in the world but she can undoubtedly afford it it's also the fastest suv out there so who knows maybe the queen likes to burn rubber around her property we won't judge queen elizabeth has so much art that she has an employee whose sole job is to take care of it all the queen's assortment of art known as the royal collection includes about a million paintings books furnishings and other valuable items this collection is not technically owned by queen elizabeth herself more so that it belongs to whomever is the monarch at the time basically it's hers until the end of her life according to the guardian some of leonardo da vinci's drawings are part of this epic collection and while some of the artwork is archived other pieces are actually on display in royal residences the site also mentions that thousands upon thousands of pieces of the royal collection have been loaned to galleries and museums ladies in waiting seem like something out of a historical drama but they're still very much a thing queen elizabeth has ladies that she's chosen to her sister according to the royal household in their position they help queen elizabeth with her correspondence the ladies also go to events with the queen and travel with her abroad though they are there to help she's not always patient with them shoot go on while in cambridge to plant a tree with the national institute of agricultural botany she was somewhat short with her lady in waiting as she walked to the spot where she was going to plant the tree she remembered that she still had her purse on her arm as seen in the video the queen currently holds out her bag for her lady to take it's not easy working for one of the most powerful women in the world balmoral castle queen elizabeth's castle in scotland is worth 140 million dollars according to forbes she spends part of her summer there every year and it is reportedly her favorite residence the queen's granddaughter princess eugenie remarked in the documentary our queen at 90 i think granny is the most happy there i think she really really loves the highlands she went on to say that there are usually dogs around during the monarch summer break along with her family members who accompany her on vacation when at balmoral the queen spends time driving horseback riding and enjoying the great outdoors the estate spans 50 000 acres so there's no shortage of green space in total balmoral is made up of 150 buildings with plenty of gardens surrounding them how convenient would it be to have an atm in your house well perhaps only queen elizabeth knows the answer to that question the monarch has her very own money machine at buckingham palace installed around 2001. as useful as the atm may be it may not be used all that often the queen isn't thought to keep cash on her person save for one exception she brings five pounds to church with her every sunday as reported by vogue the atm isn't the only handy feature in the palace there's also a post office inside so the queen can knock out her to-do list without having to leave home one of the most extravagant aspects of queen elizabeth's life is the fact that she has an employee who breaks in her shoes for her her former royal dress designer stuart parvin confirmed to the sunday times that the queen's shoes should always be comfortable so that she doesn't waste time treating sore feet as a matter of fact is how i think best on my feet you know i've never been one for sitting around endlessly good walk and fresh air sorts everything out according to the publication the queen's favorite shoes known as her work shoes are her black paint leather loafer style heels by anello and david although there's no telling if she loves them because they're already 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Published: Mon Oct 05 2020