Regular Chores, a Packed Schedule and Those Gin Cocktails: Inside the Private World of Queen Elizabeth II
Monarch.
Tenacious family matriarch.
Lover of corgis. There's many a term that can be applied to Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning queen regnant of all time, but, perhaps, one of the most interesting descriptors would be: Fascinating study in contrasts. She owns roughly 200 of her favorite $2,500 Launer purses, a $10 million collection of Rolls-Royces, Bentleys, Land Rovers and a custom Range Rover and some 150,000 works of art, but one of her must-have items is a $9 bottle of Essie nail polish in the ever-so-slightly pink-tinged hue of Ballet Slippers. She wiled away the years of World War II outside of London at Windsor Castle with younger sister Princess Margaret...
