I think they should ditch the curtsying. It was ridiculous even in the Queen’s time but perhaps understandable as she was from a certain generation.
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I've seen footage of the royal family bowing or curtsying to the Queen, they never looked bothered by it or like they didn't want to do it. It looked like to them it was just another way of showing affection and respect towards her as a grandmother and an elder more than as the Queen.
But when you are brought up with something, it's nit weird until someone from the outside points out that it's ridiculous. My family are devout Catholics. My husband is atheist from birth The number of times he has spat out his tea at things I would just see as completely normal is hilarious. And when it's pointed out to me, some of the things are faintly ridiculous, but I was brought up with them, so they are completely normal!
You could say the same thing about the other person, and say that something seems ridiculous to them simply because they didn't grow up with it. Ultimately what's normal or not depends on the way you were raised.
In any case I don't think bowing or doing a quick curtsy to an elder is that big of a deal. People do more demanding things in order to be polite or fit into another family's traditions, religion or culture all the time.
I would think he would know much of the family gossip and skeletons up to and including 2018/19 and probably bits and pieces after.
If he's close to Eugenie he may well be fairly up to speed
Regarding the curtsey whether its odd or not its the thing that is done in that family, so respect it or duck off!
I agree. It's odd but TQ was in her nineties and reared with governess, home schooled etc and from a different time. Maybe Charles isn't so strict on those things and not knowing them (obviously) maybe future King William won't expect his own kids/grandkids to curtsy in private at all. But it wouldn't have been a huge load for Meghan to have observed that one particular thing
But they don’t need to come up with anything new … or at least in the first 3 programmes. Netflix know what’s out there, so the fact its mainly jhuzzed up old news obviously doesn’t bother them. It’s led the news all day from before it was released, thr BBC and Guadian were live-blogging along and at one point the Daily a Mail had seventeen (17) articles including the insight and wisdom of Judi James. All for banal stuff that was out there already.
I think for an American especially it would be hard to grasp what it means to be a royal , I'm sure they think it's the stuff of fairytales and don't believe people actually live like that in the 21st century . I bet they believe people actually stick out their pinky while drinking tea from a china cup and saucer lol.
I love how some MPs are up in arms, demanding their titles are stripped but they didn’t say a peep about Andrew having his titles taken away.
American or not she should still show some respect especially with marrying into the Royal Family. She can play dumb all she wants but she was no naive spring chicken. She obviously wasn't intent on fitting in with her new family.
was andrew ever convicted?
Who could fit in? It means giving up your whole identity I don’t think many people are prepared for a sacrifice like that no matter how much you love a person , she’s not just marrying the man she’s marrying the institution.
What has Harry been convicted of? Being annoying?
Harry and Meghan haven’t been convicted on anything. They want their titles taken away because they believe they have tarnished themselves and the RF. Much like Andrew.
Andrew crawled back in the gutter where he belongs and has stayed quiet.
Harry and Meghan trash the Royal Family over and over again for money yet still want and use their titles.
Philip was tipped for the top as a young naval officer and stories from his wartime navy days show him as very quick-witted and quick to come up with solutions in adverse situations. He won the Dirk as best student at Dartmouth. Tim Laurence (who himself was on a star career trajectory as an equerry when he met Anne and ended up a Vice-Admiral) was very interesting about that and Philip's naval career during the coverage of his funeral, obviously prerecorded!
Edward strikes me as similar to Charles and as an older adult (once he and Sophie buckled down to royal work) similarly self-deprecating, unlike Andrew. He got nine O levels and three A Levels though the later weren't great at CDD. Harry so far is the only one of the cousins who hasn't done reasonably ok academically; William, Peter, Beatrice and Eugenie all graduated from university, Zara 'attended' university and qualified as a physiotherapist, and Louise is in her first term at St Andrews University. Only James is still at school, being in his mid teens. While not at the Masters and PhD level of the Japanese Imperial Family, that's not too bad.
ETA: Chelsey Davis has two degrees, in economics and in law, and has two businesses of her own. Harry was punching academically there.
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yes, he's guilty
The newspapers trash the royals over and over, that’s part of deal ( apparently) imagine your life being a PLC .
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