when you were young you might have
dreamed of being royal having servants
to cater to your every whim while you
kicked back on a golden throne or maybe
wearing a ball gown and tiara and
dancing the night away at a fancy ball
well being royal is not all it's cracked
up to be especially when you're part of
the British royal family aside from some
official laws governing royal behavior
there's a lot of strict etiquette
involved if the Queen commands
well you obey here are some of the
weirdest quirks traditions and secret
rules of the British royal family we
begin with a legend regarding the
British monarchy that's been honored for
over 400 years since the era of charles
ii in the 1600s the Tower of London has
always been home to at least six raven
guardians apparently the Royal
astronomer complained to King Charles
that the Tower of London's avian
visitors were pests the king ordered
that the birds be killed only to be told
by a superstitious courtier that if the
Ravens left the tower the British
monarchy would fall the king was worried
enough to stay the execution and issue a
royal decree which is still honored
today a Beefeater is thus to this day
employed as a raven master to care for
the birds Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth is
Britain's longest ruling monarch with 76
years having ascended the throne in 1953
at the age of 25 as such there's a
planned protocol for her death there
will be twelve official days of mourning
and then the Queen Alliance state with
the public being allowed to pay respects
before she's buried however there's an
interesting rule that the Queen has for
her inevitable demise she wants the
public mood sombart going so far as to
ban laughter to make that happen
she has strictly forbidden humorous
shows being aired on public TV for the
12 official days between her death and
her funeral instead the BBC and other
public channels must show pre-recorded
documentaries about the Queen's life
which she has already picked out unlike
us Elaine commoners the Queen has two
birthdays officially the British head of
state and the Queen's birthday is
generally celebrated on the second
Saturday in June though her actual
birthday is on April 21st over 250 years
ago in 1748 King George the second
started the double birthday tradition he
was born in November which tends to have
nasty weather King George wanted to have
a big public celebration and military
parade so he chose a summery June Day
as the official monarch birthday the
Queen spends her actual birthday with
her family although there are three
special gun salutes at midday to mark
the occasion a forty one gun salute in
Hyde Park a 21 gun salute in Windsor
Great Park and a sixty two gun salute at
the Tower of London for her official
birthday in June she continues the
tradition of a big parade in London
called trooping the colour there are
several rules Queen Elizabeth doesn't
have to follow
she doesn't need a passport since all UK
passports are issued in her name she
doesn't have to have a driver's license
either for the same reason
but these perks are reserved solely for
her majesty the rest of the royal family
has to get passports if they wish to
travel and driver's licenses to drive
aside from crown jewels and several
palaces Queen Elizabeth owns a bunch of
sea creatures a still valid statute from
the reign of king edward ii in 1324
states that the crown has the right to
claim ownership of dolphins whales and
sturgeon when they wash ashore or are
captured within three miles of UK shores
these sea creatures are recognized as
fishes royal sturgeons are protected and
quite rare the last time a fisherman
caught one in 2004 they faxed buckin a
palace for permission it was granted but
the fish was later confiscated because
they tried to sell it for a profit
instead of keeping it for themselves
speaking of seafood the royal family has
many rules surrounding food in the
etiquette of dining they don't eat
shellfish as it's a food group that
tends to have a higher risk of food
poisoning and allergic reactions when
you're frequently in the public eye
being struck with food poisoning or
gastronomic distress could lead to
embarrassing moments for similar reasons
the royal family also avoids rare meat
tap water in foreign countries heavily
spiced foods or anything they think
might sit badly with them personally the
Queen dislikes garlic and thus it's not
used in meals she hosts when invited to
stay with a foreign leader Buckingham
Palace sends the host staff a list of
the royal likes and dislikes in 2000
when Queen Elizabeth stayed with the
Italian president his staff received a
six page document the list included no
garlic of course but also nixed the long
pastas and messy tomato sauces to us
this negates the fun of visiting Italy
but what do we know also on the banned
list were carnations other flowers of
the color mauve
and having a duvet on the bed the queen
would sleep it aside from all the usual
polite social dining manners you should
display while eating a royal banquet
there's really one important rule the
moment the Queen stops eating you should
stop eating - apparently this rule goes
back to the reign of Queen Victoria who
is notorious for quickly chowing down
she allegedly could go through a seven
course meal in a half hour while queen
elizabeth is a much more measured eater
footmen have removed plates from out
from under the noses of guests because
Her Majesty had finished and the meal
was moving on to the next course the
Queen is known for her fondness of her
Corky's while unfortunately the Royal
Corgi line died out in 2018 the Queen
still keeps a few other dogs apparently
a rule is that the dogs cannot be
scolded or disciplined by Palace staff
they are allowed to roam freely
throughout the palace as they please
also Her Majesty's dogs probably eat
better than you they're prepared
individually designed gourmet meals the
palace kitchen receives a royal dog menu
each month created by the dogs caretaker
listing out the daily meals for each dog
these meals often include chicken lamb
or rabbit the royal chefs carefully
diced the meat into small chunks and
make sure there's no bone you wouldn't
want to be the careless chef who causes
one of her Majesty's pets to choke the
pampered pooches are served in order of
seniority on silver platters by footman
the Queen generally dresses
monochromatic but insists on wearing
bright colors such as fuchsia that way
she's easier to see even from within a
crowd a member of the staff gently wears
the Queen's new shoes around the palace
so they're broken in for her of course
members of the royal family must dress
appropriately and modestly for every
occasion the public seems to be invested
in royal protocol for clothing as much
as the queen is during her first post
honeymoon appearance at trooping the
colour in 2018 duchess megan wore a
dress which heaven forbid displayed her
shoulders it made some twitter users
very angry the Queen also requires the
wearing of pantyhose and hates wedge
shoes she dislikes any vibrant
fingernail polish considering it vulgar
Queen Elizabeth has been wearing the
same inexpensive nail-polish for 30
years since 1989 a diaphanous light pink
polish called ballet slippers by the
brand Essie
Cayden Megan occasionally rebelle and
wear bright polish and sometimes even
wedges but only two events the Queen is
not attending the Queen requires royal
ladies to wear a head covering kate and
megan sometimes skip this rule for less
formal daytime events for head coverings
hats or scarves are suitable until 6
p.m. after that for evening events
Tiaras are worn by married women
unmarried young royal ladies do not wear
anything on their heads for a nighttime
offense as an indication that they're
single and ready to mingle the Queen
always carries a purse which she uses
the secretly gesture her indications to
her staff if she shifts her purse from
her left arm to her right it means she's
ready to wrap up the conversation and
would like a staff member to whisk her
away also Queen Elizabeth carries a hook
attached to a suction cup in her purse
so she can hang her bag on the underside
of dining tables during a dinner if the
Queen places her handbag on the table
she's telling the staff that she wants
to leave in five minutes when she places
her purse on the floor she's
communicating that she's having a boring
conversation and would like to be
rescued by a lady-in-waiting duchess
Kate tends to carry clutches and also
use them to subtly signal her intentions
if she does not want to shake hands
while she's on a visit she'll hold her
bag at the waist with both hands since
the public is not allowed to touch a
royal family member unless they make the
first move she's politely occupied on a
side note the Queen is also skilled in
the art of throwing shade using brooches
during president Trump's July 2018 visit
with the Queen she wore brooches
signifying her ties to the Obamas and
Canada the Queen has instituted a rule
that all members of the royal family
must pack a black outfit whenever they
travel in case there's a sudden death
while they're away upon returning to
England
they'll be photographed disembarking
from the plane and must be dressed in
the appropriate morning clothes for the
males in the royal family an interesting
custom prevails the royal
great-grandsons Prince George and
Princess only wear shorts dating back to
the 16th century from toddler age until
age 8 boys in the Royal and aristocracy
classes have traditionally worn shorts
trousers are for older boys in men a
pair of trousers on a young boy is
considered middle class the only time
where Prince George has publicly worn
trousers was when he participated in
Harry and Megan's 2018 wedding it
probably goes without saying but of
course wedding dress is required that
Queens approval while royal Brides have
some freedom in style and shape the
Queen reportedly has the final say on
the gowns design and aesthetic forget
about the traditional custom of a young
man asking a father for his daughter's
hand in marriage those in the royal
family must ask the Queen for permission
to propose this was actually law
according to the royal marriages act of
1772 royal descendants had to seek the
Monarchs consent before proposing the
Queen has approved all the unions of her
children and her grandchildren from
Prince Andrew and Fergie to Harry and
Meghan
more recently the royal marriage acts
were repealed under the Secession to the
Crown Act 2013 only the first six people
in line for the throne must ask the
Monarchs permission for Royals
historically marriage has been strategic
about joining wealth and power rather
than true love basically the royal
marriages act gave the sovereign the
right to veto formalizing a relationship
that could erode the status of the royal
house the secession to the Crown Act in
2013 also gave the right to a royal to
marry a Roman Catholic
since the English Reformation act of the
Anglican and Catholic churches have been
at odds per the 1701 act of settlement
Royals were forbidden from marrying a
Roman Catholic
now Royals may marry a partner of any
faith assuming they received permission
if needed the Queen loves to play
charades and fancies herself a great
actress she enjoys doing impressions of
the celebrities and world leaders that
she's met during her first Christmas
with her in-laws in 2018 Prince Harry
allegedly warned Megan not to upstage
the Queen during charades
while charades is considered great
family fun peculiarly playing Monopoly
is forbidden once Prince Andrew was
presented with a game of Monopoly and an
event he apparently said were not
allowed to play Monopoly at home it gets
too vicious which brings up a lot of
questions one we're curious to know is
how the Queen responds to twister if you
were a monarch which royal etiquette
rule would you create tell us in the
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