This is how the Queen chooses what to wear in the morning

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Penny Goldstone
By Penny Goldstone
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The Queen isn't one to leave fashion to chance. For example, she not only uses her handbag to carry her belongings in, but she also to signal her staff when she's bored of you. She also has someone to break in new shoes for her, because it just doesn't do to have blisters in public.

Now it's been revealed she meticulously plans her outfits in advance, and it's not a massive shock to be honest.

Former royal butler Paul Burrell, has opened up to Yahoo's Royal Box, saying that every morning, the Queen 'has to have her outfits brought down to her, all her clothes are kept on the top floor'.

'Her dresser will bring down in the morning two outfits, which are sketched with pieces of material clipped to them so that the Queen can remember whether it’s silk or cotton or wool,' he added.

'The one the Queen picks is the one which is brought downstairs from up above so she doesn’t actually see her wardrobe with clothes in it.'

She will then probably accessorise with her favourite handbag, by British brand Launer.

Penny Goldstone
Penny Goldstone

Penny Goldstone is the Digital Fashion Editor at Marie Claire, covering everything from catwalk trends to royal fashion and the latest high street and Instagram must-haves.

Penny grew up in France and studied languages and law at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University in Paris before moving to the UK for her MA in multimedia journalism at Bournemouth University. She moved to the UK permanently and has never looked back (though she does go back regularly to stock up on cheese and wine).

Although she's always loved fashion - she used to create scrapbooks of her favourite trends and looks, including Sienna Miller and Kate Moss' boho phase - her first job was at MoneySavingExpert.com, sourcing the best deals for everything from restaurants to designer sales.

However she quit after two years to follow her true passion, fashion journalism, and after many years of internships and freelance stints at magazines including Red, Cosmopolitan, Stylist and Good Housekeeping, landed her dream job as the Digital Fashion Editor at Marie Claire UK.

Her favourite part of the job is discovering new brands and meeting designers, and travelling the world to attend events and fashion shows. Seeing her first Chanel runway IRL at Paris Fashion Week was a true pinch-me moment.

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