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Curtsying
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When I saw the scene on The Crown where Diana Spencer entered a room containing the queen and other bigwigs and got the curtsying business wrong, I thought it was an invention by the producers to underline the nonsense of the monarchy.
Not a bit of it.
Peter Wilby, in his weekly 'First Thoughts' column in the New Statesman, relates this story. An elderly monarchist wanted to 'do her bit' after Diana Spencer was killed, so got an unpaid job at Kensington Palace dealing with the post and such like.
One day she was carrying a tray of tea and biscuits along a corridor when she encountered Princess Anne, and the protocol was to curtsy. The old woman didn't, fearful that she might drop her tea and biscuits.
Later that day, she was reprimanded by her superiors; Anne had reported her insubordination. The old women left the Palace immediately, foreswearing any future support for the monarchy or any of their hangers-on.
Curtsy my Jim Royle.
Not a bit of it.
Peter Wilby, in his weekly 'First Thoughts' column in the New Statesman, relates this story. An elderly monarchist wanted to 'do her bit' after Diana Spencer was killed, so got an unpaid job at Kensington Palace dealing with the post and such like.
One day she was carrying a tray of tea and biscuits along a corridor when she encountered Princess Anne, and the protocol was to curtsy. The old woman didn't, fearful that she might drop her tea and biscuits.
Later that day, she was reprimanded by her superiors; Anne had reported her insubordination. The old women left the Palace immediately, foreswearing any future support for the monarchy or any of their hangers-on.
Curtsy my Jim Royle.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The piece is here - there's a bit too much he said/she said for me and nowhere does it say that the complaint was made by Princess Anne.
Regardless of who complained,I don't blame the volunteer for leaving.
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Regardless of who complained,I don't blame the volunteer for leaving.
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I once met (very briefly) Princess Anne years ago as she was driving her horsebox in a country lane in North Devon.
I can't say from such a short meeting of course, but I'd be very surprised if this story is accurate.
I think the old relative might have meant Princess Margaret.
That would be more likely.
I can't say from such a short meeting of course, but I'd be very surprised if this story is accurate.
I think the old relative might have meant Princess Margaret.
That would be more likely.