If you were to meet a member of the royal family would you bow/curtsey etc?

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I support the royal family in general in that I don't want to see the institution abolished but I would like to see some changes which I think change will come in time with Charles and then William.
It occurred to me that in the highly unlikely/impossible scenario I ever met a member of the royal family I could not agree to curtsey or call them sir, ma'am, your majesty etc. I would want to be polite and friendly but I just could not show that deference to anyone.
Would you follow royal protocol or just be polite but not excessively deferential?

Absolutely not. I think it would be strange for someone to bow / courtesy if they don't buy into the idea that they are 'better than' or somehow have authority over us?

It's all so archaic, bizarre in 2024!

Probably. During covid when we couldn't shake hands I did a regency bob to greet people (and because I could pretend I was in a Jane Austen dramatisation).

I quite like protocol because it's odd and different and fun, like Trooping the Colour. Doesn't make me think I'm below the royals, I see it like using the correct fork or wine glass, part of making life a little bit weirder.

Absolutely not. They can bow to me first if they want the favour returned. It's wrong on every level.

Absolutely not. Nor would I call them ‘your highness/majesty’. They done nothing to deserve that level of respect other than being born.

No

I would

I could not bow or curtsy to anyone. I'd feel daft. I am not impressed by 'royalty' but would be polite if I met them as I am when meeting people.

I have (the old Duke of Edinburgh) and I didn't.

Absolutely not.

No, I wouldn’t bow to anyone. I’m not interested in meeting anyone from the RF though so highly unlikely it would occur

Yes although only have a vague adea how

Yes I would then regale my friends and family for years after

No I wouldn't. I would greet them how I would greet anyone else. Politely. But no I wouldn't curtsey on principle.

Yes I would. It wouldn't make me feel less of a being to do so, so why not?
It's just custom to show respect. Not a big deal to me

Yes I probably would. OP, why would you have a problem calling them sir or ma'am, people say this every day. I went to a museum today and the lady on the reception was calling everyone sir and madam, that's just politeness.

No, nor would I call anyone sir or lady. But to be fair I'd do everything in my power to not meet any of them.

No. I'd be polite and address them as they were meant to be addressed but no.

I'd lift my cap and tug my forelock.

Me too, we had some American colleagues over recently and they absolutely adore that we have royalty.

I'd probably bow my head, wouldn't have a clue how to curtsy. I'm no royal family fan but it would feel like the done thing to me I suppose.

I'd definitely cock up on any titles though.

I would if I met the King, and also probably Princess Anne, but probably not the rest of them.

If it was an organised event where it was expected yes, running into them in M&S no

It's a no from me

Yep, this. It's an absolutely bizarre concept that I would have to greet someone differently because... they were born to a certain family?
Also a family that encouraged a 32 year old man to pursue a 19 year old woman, which honestly is deeply fucking weird. I don't have any respect for that.

No, they’re no better than me. And a fair few of them are considerably less than me.