英國女王出門還帶現金？原因你絕對想不到！

The Queen may love a stylish handbag as much as the next woman, but you can bet hers isn't full of the same tat that the rest of ours are.
女王也許和普通女性一樣喜歡時髦的手提包，但可以肯定的是，她的手提包裏一定不像我們其他人一樣有許多不值錢的東西。

While us commoners will happily lug around several balled up tissues, old hairpins, ancient receipts and maybe - if were lucky - actual money, the contents of Her Maj's handbag are a little more refined.
我們普通人會高高興興地隨身帶着幾團紙巾、舊髮卡、以前的收據，也許幸運地話，還有一些現金，而女王陛下手提包裏的物品則會更精緻一些。

We know she carries a mobile phone, her favourite shade of lipstick, reading glasses, mint lozenges and a fountain pen.
我們知道她會帶一部手機、她最喜歡的口紅、閱讀用的眼鏡、薄荷糖以及一支鋼筆。

We also know what she DOESN'T carry, the most famous example being, of course, cash. It's just one of the many perks of being one of the richest women in the world.
我們還知道她不會帶什麼，最有名的例子當然就是現金了。這只是世界上最富有的一位女士的衆多特殊待遇之一罷了。

There is one day of the week, however, when the Queen breaks this tradition and will have money on her person.
然而，一週中有那麼一天，女王會打破這一慣例，隨身帶點現金。

As the head of the Church of England, the Queen takes her religious role seriously, and will attend a service every Sunday.
作爲英國國教會的元首，女王很重視她的宗教職能，並且每週日都會做禮拜。

And it's on this day she will slip some money into her handbag so she can make a donation, apparently leaving it on the collection plate when it's passed round.
這一天她會在手提包裏塞點錢，據說這樣在傳遞捐款盤的時候，她就可以把錢放上去了。

But she's still the Queen, and she used to get one her butlers to iron a five pound note into a little square, enabling her to leave her donation discreetly .
不過她依然是女王，而且她過去常常會讓她的一位僕役長把一張5英鎊的紙幣折成一個小正方形，以便使她在捐款的時候不那麼顯眼。