YOU WON’T BELIEVE WHAT THEY DISCOVERED — A LITTLE-KNOWN ROYAL RULE LINKED TO PRINCESS LILIBET’S 5TH BIRTHDAY IS NOW SPARKING MAJOR DISCUSSION…
Meghan Markle’s daughter will have to follow a longstanding rule for royals after celebrating her fifth birthday on 4 June
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Princess Lilibet celebrated her fifth birthday on 4 June and will now be expected to follow a new royal rule.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s daughter will be expected to curtsy when she meets King Charles and Queen Camilla. From about the age of five, royal children are expected to bow or curtsy when greeting the reigning monarch.
Royal expert Marlene Eilers Koenig previously told HELLO!: “Certainly by age five. The only person they will curtsy or bow to is the sovereign. A royal highness does not curtsy to another royal highness. Yes, there are articles that state this, but it is not true.
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Meghan Markle shared this sweet picture to mark Princess Lilibet’s 5th birthday
“Curtseying and bowing is etiquette, nothing to do with precedence. You bow or curtsy the first time you see the sovereign and then again when you leave.
“At Christmas at church, we saw the Cambridges and Prince Harry and Meghan curtsy and bow when the Queen arrived and left. Other royals, including Charles, did not because they had come from Sandringham and had already seen the Queen.”
According to Myka Meier of Beaumont Etiquette, royal children begin etiquette training “as soon as they’re old enough to sit at a table”.
Speaking to People, she said: “They are raised having formal meals, going to formal events and practicing everything from voice levels to dressing appropriately.”
SOURCE: https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/906094/the-royal-rule-lilibet-must-follow-after-turning-5/
