The buzzer notifies the queen’s staff to come in and escort the guest out.

In public, however, Queen Elizabeth can’t rely on her buzzer.

Instead, she has a series of signals that bring her aides to her, well, aid.

Queen Elizabeth

Other members of the royal family have their own ways to get out of a lengthy conversation.

Prince Philip reportedly makes a sweeping motion when he is meeting people in a line.

By the time the question has been answered, the prince will have moved down the line.

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip

Prince Charles' conversation stopper is to make a joke and escape as his audience laughs.