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26 Fascinating things you never knew about Queen Elizabeth II
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She's been portrayed as a character in roughly 100 TV shows and movies.
大约有100部电视节目和电影里都有女王的人物角色。
She reportedly drinks a glass of champagne every night before bed.
据说女王每晚睡前要喝一杯香槟。
She's been wearing the same nail polish since 1989 - and it's surprisingly cheap.
女王从1989年起就一直涂同一款格外便宜的指甲油。
Apparently the queen is rather taken the Essie's classic pale pink polish Ballet Slipper, which retails for just $9.
她似乎更喜欢涂艾茜的经典款淡粉色芭蕾舞鞋指甲油,其零售价仅为9美元。
She doesn't have a passport or a driver's license. She doesn't even need them.
女王没有护照或驾照。她根本不需要这些。
Both driver's licenses and passports are issued in the queen's name, so she doesn't need either.
因为驾照和护照都是以女王的名义签发的,所以她不需要这些。
Her majesty is pretty comfortable behind the wheel, too: She once hopped into a Land Rover and drove Saudi Arabia's Prince Abdullah around one of her country estates.
女王陛下很喜欢开车:她曾经驾驶一辆路虎载着沙特阿拉伯的阿卜杜拉王子在她的乡村庄园兜风。
She reportedly uses her purse to send secret signals to her staff.
据称女王会用钱包向她的工作人员发送秘密信号。
A recent report in the Telegraph suggests that the queen uses her trusty handbag to subtly exit uncomfortable or boring meetings.
《每日电讯报》最近的报告显示,女王喜欢用备受她信赖的手提包巧妙地从无聊又难熬的会议中脱身。
If the queen is at dinner and places her handbag on the table, her staff knows that she wants the event to end in the next five minutes. And if she puts her bag on the floor, it signals that she would like to be rescued from her current conversation.
如果女王用餐时将手提包放在桌上,她的工作人员就知道她希望活动能在接下来的五分钟内结束。如果她将手提包放在地板上,就代表她不想继续进行目前的谈话。
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