Boulette or not? Donald Trump, did he receive Wednesday for a second visit to the state of history to the United Kingdom, twisted the royal label? The president, delighted with the real honors that was the issue throughout the day, posed his hand in the back of King Charles. A gesture that would have been shouting in the time of Queen Elizabeth, and that has not aroused the slightest increase in eyebrows in the British press.
Because if many real or supposed prohibitions and so many potential false passes surrounded the person of Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles and Queen Camilla seem more inclined to ignore this protocol.
King Charles never wounds his pleasure when he meets the public. It easily serves his hands that extend towards him. We even saw him make a collective hug with players of the Neozélandaise rugby team, the black ferns, a little surprised perhaps, but delighted.
“There is no code of conduct”
In fact, it is not forbidden to touch the monarch. At least nothing stipulates it The official website of the British monarchy. “The King and Queen know thousands of people every year in the United Kingdom and abroad. Before meeting their majesties, many ask how they should behave. The answer is simple: there is no code of mandatory behavior, it only shows courtesy.”
However, when in 2004, Jacques Chirac had touched on the back of the queen of the hand, the Daily Mail had made him an article entitled “Hands outside!” (do not touch). The proof that courtesy, at that time, was not enough.
Source: BFM TV
