She can be surprisingly frugal
Living royally doesn’t have to mean over-the-top extravagance. Queen Elizabeth II is a fan of eating Special K cereal and leftovers, and her waste-not-mindset means she’d rather fix and reuse items like sheets and gloves than toss them in the trash. She’s also known for ‘outfit recycling’ (read: re-wearing her clothes), not only for her everyday outfits, but for some of her more iconic pieces. Even her Coronation dress has been dug out of the closet – she’s worn it six times.
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She has a poet who she pays in wine
Ever since the 17th century, a poet laureate has been part of the British royal staff. Going along with tradition, Queen Elizabeth’s new poet, Simon Armitage, whom she appointed in 2019, is paid in a ‘butt of sack’, or 720 bottles of sherry. Armitage will also receive a £5750 yearly stipend, which he intends to donate toward his charitable cause, climate change. The Queen also presented Armitage with the Gold Medal for Poetry.
She was one of the first heads of state to send an email
In 1976, ARPANET (the precursor to the Internet) hadn’t been in the United Kingdom for long. So when she pressed a few buttons to send an email at the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment in England, she was ahead of her time. The username her message was sent from HME2 – short for Her Majesty, Elizabeth II, of course.
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