The Crown, released on Netflix on Sunday, with a significant third wheel. The relationship between Sovereign and Prime Minister may be famously sacred, but once Margaret Thatcher storms to election victory in 1979, Launer handbags – the Queen's favourite brand – are seen playing piggy in the middle to her and the monarch.The name may not be as globally renowned as Chanel or Hermes, but the quietly-chic British ‘It’ bags – distinguished by their discreet, abstractly woven-together L logo – feature in significant scenes through the new series, laden with symbolism.One of the rare occasions that the Queen doesn’t have hers hooked over her elbow, or sat on the floor beside her like a patient corgi, is when she’s Barbour-ed up for a day of.
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