editor’s note: no! really?? [wp-svg-icons icon=”cool” wrap=”i”] i was laughing just reading the headline. i wonder how the american media will spin this one. people of the world need to wake up from their damn spell and see this family and all of their ridiculous “protocols” for who and what they really are. how about if i decide that whenever someone meets me for the first time they bow or curtsy? or say “you are SOOOO amazingly beautiful!” then they give me $50. “you, you wretched creature who is so beneath me. ladle your praises upon me you lowly lowlife. bow. curtsy. NOW!” (said in my best english accent)….
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oh but that wouldn’t fly would it? why not?? is the queen more worthy than me? hmm? does Source of all hold that view? hmm?
ENOUGH already. if we are expected to curtsy/bow for her, then we do this for ALL we come into connection. that is what love does, right? true honor and reverence for all – not just a few – and certainly not because of “tradition” when that tradition only serves those being revered.
oooh and to see melania failed to curtsy as well. me thinks my dream last night of the two of them was quite prophetic…..they know exactly what they are doing.
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US leader first fails to bow then walks in front of monarch, breaking with tradition
Few people will have expected Donald Trump to conform to all protocols during his first official visit to Britain – but he nevertheless raised eyebrows when he twice broke with etiquette within minutes of meeting the Queen at Windsor Castle.
The US president was condemned on social media for walking in front of the Queen as they inspected a guard of honour of the Coldstream Guards.
She was left having to decide which side of him to go as she caught up to walk alongside him.
Earlier, Mr Trump and Melania, the first lady, defied protocol when they greeted the Queen: Mr Trump failed to bow and Ms Trump did not curtsy, instead simply shaking hands.
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Bowing and curtsying is not obligatory but is widely considered good manners and practised by nearly everyone meeting the Queen.
