All royals are expected to bow or
Prince William technically broke royal protocol by not bowing to Queen Camilla during the Coronation. A body language expert believes the Prince of Wales may have found it unnatural to perform such a gesture to his stepmother.
Royal biographer Tom Bower highlighted a crucial moment during the coronation on May 6, where Kate deviated from tradition and chose not to bow or curtsy as Camilla and Charles exited Westminster Abbey.
The one concise rule is that all members of the Royal Family are required to bow or curtsy to King Charles and Queen Camilla.
Royal protocol states that royals of a lower rank must bow or curtsy to those in a higher rank—so William and basically all of the other members of the royal family should have bowed or curtseyed to the new Queen.
Having a His or Her Royal Highness title means you don't have to bow to another royal who also has an HRH title. "The general rule of thumb to remember is that a Royal Highness does not curtsy to another Royal Highness," etiquette expert Myka Meier previously told People.
Prince William, who became the Prince of Wales as heir to the throne, has been spotting bowing his head to greet his father and stepmother. Likewise, King Charles' daughter-in-law Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, dips into a curtsy to greet the monarch, as seen at her Christmas carol concert in December.
As dictated by protocol, all royals are expected to bow or curtsy to the sovereign and his wife, King Charles and Queen Camilla.
Prince Harry joined in showing respect to the newly crowned King Charles with a bow on coronation day. A video shared by Yahoo Australia shows the moment that King Charles, 74, exited Westminster Abbey at the end of his crowning ceremony on Saturday.
"But there is no hard and fast rule, and if you can't do it or don't feel comfortable doing it or don't want to do it that's fine; it doesn't mean you hold the queen in any less respect and you won't be sent to the Tower." Another royal source added, "People do tend to bow or curtsy to the queen, and that's just good ...
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When Prince William failed to bow to the newly crowned Queen Camilla during the Coronation, it was an example of the Prince of Wales following his gut instinct and potentially subconsciously siding with his late mother, Princess Diana, a body language expert says, per The Mirror.
“And that's because they were angry with Camilla.” Bower went on to explain that the anger at the monarch was palpable throughout the venue. “All the people that helped Camilla get the crown on her head were excluded from that coronation, and they were furious,” Bower claimed.
The monarch isn't a fan of a deep bath either, she is said to bathe in “no more than seven inches of water”, according to royal author Brian Hoey for the Daily Mail. Seven inches is equivalent to 17.8 centimetres.
According to a source, the royal women not only curtsy to one another in public, but from the comfort of their own homes too.
Despite being called 'Queen Camilla', she can never actually be Queen of England as she's not part of the royal blood line and the throne can only be inherited. Should she outlive Charles, it's likely she will then receive a different title as Prince William and Kate Middleton will ascend the throne and royal titles.
This is no longer the case, and instead, these Princesses must curtsey to Camilla as she outranks them. This of course means that Princess Anne is forced to ignore her 'blood Princess' title when it comes to greeting Camilla.
"King Charles will not strip royal titles away from Prince Harry as it would go against the gifts and wishes of the late Queen Elizabeth II," The Daily Star notes, suggesting that since the title was a gift from Harry's grandmother, Charles wouldn't take it from him.
Kate will instead be a queen consort, the wife of a reigning king (William, of course). In the role, she will support her husband in his duties, attend engagements, and help with charitable organizations that resonate with her.
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. For men this is a neck bow (from the head only) whilst women do a small curtsy. Other people prefer simply to shake hands in the usual way.
Traditionally, when greeting a member of the British royal family, men bow their heads and women do a small curtsy, according to the royal family's website. Little footage exists of the queen bowing to others, though AP footage shows she bowed her head as Princess Diana's funeral procession passed by in 1997.
Queen Camilla performed a curtsy to her husband, King Charles III after the new monarchs were crowned during the coronation service at Westminster Abbey on Saturday.
She no longer has to curtsy to someone in the family who has not only left Royal duties but has spent the past three years criticising the institution that Sophie works so hard to support." King Charles upheld the promise made to Edward and Sophie by the late Queen on Friday by giving them their new titles.
April 29, 2011. After their wedding, Prince William bows and then-Duchess Kate curtsies to Queen Elizabeth as they head back down the aisle of Westminster Abbey.
Essentially, a Queen is somebody who is a ruling monarch in her own right and a consort is the female spouse of the male monarch.