According to protocol, he wasn’t to speak unless the royal spoke to him first.
I almost hugged her because I thought, ‘Thank goodness you’re still with us.'"
But how is a royal supposed to behave when they meet a celebrity?
No touching …
Until the 1970s, royals simply did not shake hands.
Princess Anne, however, never joined the trend.
“The theory was that you couldn’t shake hands with everybody, so don’t start.
So I kind of stick with that, but I noticed others don’t.”
However, the rules of protocol state that it is the royal who should make the first contact.
I laid a hand affectionately across her shoulder" (viaBusiness Insider).
Even so, guidelines around touching a royal are pretty strict.
“Right off the bat I messed up,” he admitted toJimmy Fallon.
“You’re not supposed to extend your hand right off the bat unless they do.
To their credit, they were very disarming.
I was lost in Prince William’s eyes.
… Kate was beautiful and cordial … but with William I don’t know, I blacked out.”
Well done, Wills!
Royals are supposed to begin the conversation.
You’ll notice they start it, so they can be in control of the time."
Actress Allison Janney must not have gotten that memo.
She called Kate “honey” and suggested she take her heels off, too.
“Which may not have been exactly protocol,” she admitted.
While it most definitely wasn’t, she reported that the royals responded with kindness.
Shawn Mendes knew the rule and stuck to it, no matter how awkward it felt.
“You’re not allowed to speak to her unless she speaks to you first.
So it was like this 10 minutes of very awkward silence between me and the queen.
She didn’t look at me at all.
It was super weird.”
Margot Robbie would have done well to follow the “no speaking” protocol.
Any time a royal signature is written and shared, there is a risk of it being forged.
Not even celebrities are allowed to ask for the autograph of a royal.
And you’re free to’t offer your hand, they have to offer their hand.
Then you have to bow, but you could’t bow too low."
Actress Emilia Clarke admitted toSeth Meyersthat she was so nervous to meet Prince William she began to stutter.
“Because I was so scared, I couldn’t manage to get out ‘your royal highness.’
And it was kind of like a … ‘your royalllasfblealll.'”
Typically at events, a royal the last to arrive and the first to leave.
However, that protocol depends on the throw in of event.
If the celebrity is meeting a royal at a more informal event, those rules may differ.
In fact, it probably stems more from personal conviction than actual protocol.
“She was essentially saying: ‘I miss eye contact,'” Barzun divulged.
Additionally,The Telegraphreports that Prince Harry once told a young fan, “No, I hate selfies.
Seriously, you better get out of it.
I know you’re young, but selfies are bad.”
He did offer to pose for a normal photo instead.
She may well lay claim to first Snapchat with a royal.
Selfies aren’t just for Will and Kate, either.E!
So why did she need a purse?
She used it as a mode of silent communication with her staff and with guests.
No celebrity ever confessed to being dismissed by Her Majesty’s Handbag, of course.
Princess Diana, on the other hand, used her purses for an additional reason.
The purse serves yet another useful purpose for royals.
When the band One Direction met Princess Catherine several years ago, Harry Styles toldHello!
Magazinethat he was nervous.
“I said congratulations on the bump,” referring to her second pregnancy.
He admitted later, “She didn’t look bumpy.”
Grammy-winner Sam Smith was so nervous when he met his crush Prince Harry that he bowed extra low.
“I was at a right angle or something,” he toldAndy Cohen.
Even Harry questioned his choices by asking, “Why are you bowing so low?”
Fortunately, the pat was merely a pat and not the alleged pinch that was first reported.
That might have been a bridge too far, even for a celebrity.
