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?

Probably not because ant likelihood of me meeting them would be accidental and I'm rubbish at recognising people.

One of them (can't remember which parasite visited my workplace once.
I was given the day off for some reason 🤣

In my job I had to randomly brief some US people about how to greet a Royal who was visiting. I was following the protocol script then helpfully started to say as an Australian I personally wouldn’t curtesy to anyone but some people might be ok with that. I need to remember my role sometimes….

No. They're not any more deserving of respect than doctors, nurses, teachers, pilots, bus drivers. I would be polite as I would to anyone, but no demonstration that they are superior to the rest of us

It’s not protocol any more.

Greeting a Member of The Royal Family
There are no obligatory codes of behaviour when meeting The Queen or a member of the Royal Family, but many people wish to observe the traditional forms

Source : www.royal.uk/greeting-member-royal-family#:~:text=There%20are%20no%20obligatory%20codes,hands%20in%20the%20usual%20way.

If I met a royal while attending a royal event or visiting a palace where I was a guest, then yes I imagine I'd follow whatever the protocol is although I would need someone to tell me what to do. I have zero knowledge of royal etiquette.

Oh I also met the Queen when I was a teenager and didn’t curtsey.

It's really not. Even on the Palace website it says there's no rules and that some might like to curtsey/bow and others might just prefer to shake hands. It's personal preference.

Yes I would

Did they all bow or curtsey to you too - or were some of them rude and obnoxious?

Yes, of course I would. There is no reason not to show respect and conform to the correct etiquette.

No, but then I can't imagine any scenario where I'd agree to be face-to-face with a royal in the first place.

Quite unexpectedly, I saw the queen once, and my instinctive response was to say, "oh, hi!" with a wave, and then carried on with my day. That seemed appropriate to me. With strangers I would normally smile and say hello, but I don't often bump into famous people, so I guess that's why she got the more startled "oh, hi!".

Not a fucking chance.

Absolutely not, I think I would be polite, but if they get offended by me calling them by their first name then that's their issue.

I love this 😂

It was considered quite normal at the time, and for her, a catch. Ooh a sophisticated older man!

Would I buggery!

No, I'd just treat them normally. I wouldn't be cow towing.

If I met them in an official capacity, yes, I probably would. Not a full-on ballet curtsy, but a polite bob. If I saw one walking around Waitrose or something then I’d probably smile at them and then leave them to it.

Mind you, I have been known to curtsy to people I’m introduced to if a hug wouldn’t
be appropriate! I’m often overcome by a strange desire to bob my head and curtsy (usually after a couple of drinks.)

I also have a terrible habit of offering my hand to be kissed instead of for a handshake. Occasionally people oblige, but generally they have to try and twist my hand to shake it. No idea why I do it - it’s an automatic thing for some reason. I should have been born a long, long time ago.

I did meet QE2 once (not to speak to, I ended up in an accidental line up) and it was a complete surprise so I wasn't at all prepared. I did bob my head but then I tend to do that sometimes anyway.

Never , ever would I bow to people who have had a cushy, spoilt, life handed to them on a plate.

Sooner we dispose of the bloody royal family, the better.

I wouldn't be bothered if they suddenly disappeared overnight.

If only

Absolutely not. I have met a senior member of the Roysl Family and I didn’t bow or curtsey.

Why on earth would I? After all, as my socialist Grandad used to say about the Queen: “she sits on the bog and has a shit just the same as I do. And her shit stinks just as bad as mine.”

I met the late queen several times and discovered that I bowed my head without even thinking about it. Just a bit more demonstrative way of nodding hello.

However on the only formal occasion, when I was expected to curtsey, it felt extremely odd and I struggled.