Would you curtsy to Meghan?

[LucilleBluth]

I wouldn't curtsy to ant of them tbh. She is apparently allowed to insist on this now.

[eloisesparkle]

I wouldn't curtsy to anyone.
Ridiculous concept.

[lostinsunshine]

No one is asking you or anyone else to curtsey to Meghan Markle, to the Queen or even to me.

[sausagedogsmakechipolatas]

Wouldn’t curtsy (or bow) to anyone, ever. So no.

[HelenaJustina]

@MrsTerryPratchett I’ve only read the first page and I love you

[lostinsunshine]

Thatcher knew how to do it. That's the point. She overdid it.
The Prime Minister is supposed to visit the queen when she spends summer at Balmoral. The queen used to do the washing up with Harold Wilson's wife. Leaving aside for now the point that Harold Wilson should have been doing the washing up with Prince Phillip, Thatcher's visits to Balmoral were not harmonious. Thatcher was a snob and carrying out policies that damaged the people of the country. The queen apparently disliked her for that.

[3333hh44]

No but I wouldn't for the queen either.

[dorothyparka]

No but if, say, it was bin day and we were both putting our recycling out I'd probably manage a cheery wave

[WallisWindsor]

Indeed there's no rule. And the Queen is not at all bothered which some people find hard to understand.

[Bejazzled]

pigsDOfly

Indeed, for an original op founded on a complete fallacy this thread has certainly gained attention. As I already posted above, there is no rule, no requirement and no expectation that anyone should curtsy or bow to any of the royal family.

But hey ho sheep gonna follow

[pigsDOfly]

Some people seem to have funny ideas about the royal family's powers.

From getting the country out of government 'fuck ups' to being able to insist that the peasants bow and curtsy before them.

The OP still hasn't enlightened us as to what will happen if someone refuses to curtsy to the wife of the Queen's grandson. I'd love to know.

[findingmyfeet12]

I hope the queen isn't involved in any government fuck ups. I certainly didn't elect her. She should stick to waving and wearing tiaras.

[WallisWindsor]

She is apparently allowed to insist on this now What a load of rubbish.
I doubt Meghan would bother.

[pallisers]

The Queen gets us out of a lot of government fuck ups.

Do people really believe this? Really worrying if they do.

[walkswithmydog]

you would not consider her taking the piss out of Thatcher's obsequious behaviour to be mean. It was Thatcher's OTT curtesy

I was never a lover of Thatcher, but who knows, maybe Thatcher was taking the piss out of the queen.....the whole absurdity of curtsying.
It's probably hard to get right, the queen should be more understanding of people who don't know how to do it.

[findingmyfeet12]

A judge is appointed following years of practical experience as a lawyer and having shown excellence in that field. The judicial system is a cornerstone of any society and without it, anarchy.

It's not really comparable to a group of people having inherited privilege funded by the public and with personal achievements that are distinctly average.

[Japanesejazz]

If you do jury service you would be expected to stand for the judge. He may have made many decisions you disagreed with. But you would be expected to show respect. If you didn’t you could be in contempt. The Queen gets us out of a lot of government fuck ups. Camilla is super cool. Fergie is lovely. Zara is a supreme athlete. Harry is funny. I think Charles will be a good king. The rest can jog on, have a nice life, don’t take up our time

[lostinsunshine]

If you were d enough to know Thatcher and her works and to remember, for example, the Queen's disquiet at Orgreave - which became public knowledge at the time and was never refuted - you would not consider her taking the piss out of Thatcher's obsequious behaviour to be mean. It was Thatcher's OTT curtesy that the Queen took the piss out of not curtesying generally. "More regal than I am" was the reported quote.

[SenecaFalls]

Really? How mean

I'm pretty sure she did not do it to her face. But there are stories about that she may have joked about it in private. No idea if they are true, of course.

[pigsDOfly]

Prince Charles is a couple of weeks younger than I am.

I'm wracking my brain to remember a time when he was buff; nope not happening.

Thank god I've worn a lot better than he has.

[itstimeforanamechange]

I wouldn't curtsy to anyone either. Why on earth should we? They can have a handshake like anyone else.

The Queen is sightly different as actual head of state, I'd think I was cursing to the office, rather than the person. In the same way that you stand up when a judge enters a court, you're not really paying your respect to the person, it's the office of judge.

I'm not sure I know how to curtsy anyway so a handshake would probably be best all round.

[MillionChoices]

I like the Royals but I would only do a small curtsy to the Queen - no one else. I just think it is faintly ridiculous but slightly less so to the Queen.

[Snog]

Curtsying seems a bit ridiculous in this day and age

[AndhowcouldIeverrefuse]

The queen apparently took the piss out of Mrs Thatcher for her elaborate curtseys
Really? How mean

Re. Prince Charles: no, he has never been "buff"

I suspect that a lot of the scorn poured on B&E is to do with their body shape if they were a size 6 they would be bitched about for being too thin (see the other MM hate thread) but not vilified or mocked. Notice how it's OK for their father to look his age and be whatever weight he is. Women in the public eye cannot win it seems.

[WittyJack]

I agree - B and E don't seem to have done anything to deserve the vitriol they get, apart from being rather useless at holding down decent jobs (unless I am out of date there).

Andrew, on the other hand.... what a bloated sack of pointless over entitled shit he is. I'd trim down the RF and get rid of his privilege so fast that his empty fat head would spin.

[HasAnyoneGotAProblemWithThat]

I really wish people would stop saying that B&E are awful. Based on what? A few newspaper reports? 2 young women ripped to shreds by so many who don’t even know them.