Some of them made sense, but others were just plain bizarre.

Here are the weirdest ones he had to follow as a royal.

Harry went on to write about the conversation he had with his grandmother about his wish to marry Meghan.

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“I stared at her face but it was unreadable,” he continued (viaPeople).

“At last she replied, ‘Well, then, I suppose I have to say yes.'”

The royal family announced the couple’s engagement in November 2017, andHarry and Meghan got marriedin May 2018.

Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, and Queen Elizabeth II

The British royal family takes their traditions very seriously, and that dates back centuries.

However, if the current monarch’s firstborn has children, those children follow their parent in line.

I couldn’t imagine living that way."

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It gets too vicious."

Now, asSnopeshas pointed out, this could very well have been a tongue-in-cheek joke.

The queen loved, for example, to play games on a Nintendo Wii.

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Perhaps we follow up with a hug or by gushing about how much we love it.

We may send a thank you note.

Sometimes we might clandestinely regift it.

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But that’s about it.

For royals, being given a gift is a much bigger to-do.

Any time a British royal travels, they must pack with them an all-black outfit.

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This rule hasn’t always been in effect.

Back in 1952, when George VI died, Queen Elizabeth II was in Kenya.

Prince Harry was also forbidden from wearing his military uniform to his grandmother’s funeral in 2022.

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But in reality, it might not be quite as glamorous as we imagine.

There are small, everyday tasks that royals aren’t allowed to do, albeit often for security reasons.

That, or they still insist on engaging in a strange tradition.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry

“The couple hasn’t been photographed spending Christmas at Sandringham since 2019.

Back in 2015, while visiting New Zealand, Prince Harry was spotted shucking oysters.

No word on whether the royal ate any.

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Shellfish weren’t the only foods Prince Harry was supposed to avoid while he was a senior royal.

He reportedly couldn’t have foie gras, nor could he have rare meat while traveling.

“It is not a breach of protocol to make noise with the cutlery on the plate.

Prince Harry eating

The silverware rules didn’t end there for Prince Harry.

When it comes to etiquette, the British royal family really dishes it up.

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