United Kingdom’s royal family and especially
Queen Elizabeth is undoubtedly very powerful.
In normal circumstances, the powers that
Queen enjoys are beyond our imagination.
For example, Queen neither
needs a driving license to drive
nor does she need Visa or
passport while travelling.
To talk about the money/cash
a private cash machine is always
there at her Majesty’s disposal.
Neither anyone can sue Queen
nor does she have to pay any tax.
That being said, it doesn’t mean that
she is free to do anything she wants.
Queen Elizabeth is not allowed to do normal
things that we do daily, without any fear.
, Queen Elizabeth II is the
head of the state of the United Kingdom,
Canada, Australia, New
Zealand and 11 other countries.
Obviously, along with the benefits,
there are some disadvantages to this post.
I have already told you about some of the
extraordinary powers that the Queen enjoys
but we are now going
to talk about things that
we common people regularly do but
the Queen or the members of the royal
family doesn’t have the permission to do.
Whatever happens off-camera behind
the closed doors of the Royal Palace,
but in public, Queen is not allowed to walk
together with her husband Prince Philip.
Rather Queen is supposed
to walk a step ahead of him.
Prince Philip who was five years older than
Queen Elizabeth lived 74 years together.
But you have seen him
a step or two behind her.
In 2021 Prince Philip
died at the age of 99.
It’s a normal thing to do
chitchat at dinner parties,
where most people go
with friends and families to relax.
But Queen Elizabeth is not allowed to speak
freely with anybody at the dinner parties.
At the dinner parties if Queen
wants to talk to someone of her stature
then she will start with the
guest sitting on her right side.
Then she will be allowed to talk
with the guests sitting on her left side.
This is a strict rule for the royal dinner.
There was an instance when Formula One
driver Lewis Hamilton sat left to the Queen.
When tried to strike up a
conversation with the Queen
Queen immediately stop him, saying she
will first talk to the guests on the right.
If the dinner party is arranged
from the Queen’s side,
then the number of guests attending
will be more or less than 13
but never exact 13 guests are invited.
There are many instances, where a guest
was cancelled or a new guest was invited
if the guest count was 13.
Many people believe the reason behind this
is that number 13 is Queen’s Unlucky number.
We all know that Queen
Elizabeth is no less than a celebrity
And when a celebrity comes out in
public he/she has to give autographs too.
But Queen Elizabeth is not
allowed to give autographs.
This applies not just to the Queen
but to all the members of the royal family.
This rule was made so that no one could do
fraud using the queen’s false signature.
In 1954 Queen and her husband
Prince Philip signed a Christmas card
which was sold for £4500 in 2020.
Just like autographs,
members of the royal family are not
allowed to take selfies in the public.
In a public gathering, where
Queen Elizabeth was present
a guy quickly took a
selfie with the Queen
after which Queen
stared at the guy angrily.
Citizens of the United Kingdom are
allowed to express their political opinion
But Queen Elizabeth have to
remain neutral in political matters.
This means that neither Queen
can support any political party
nor she can cast her vote.
Although all the couples can hold
each other’s hands in public
but members of the royal family are
ordered to keep their hands to themselves.
And because of this rule,
we have mostly seen Queen and Prince
Philip a little apart from each other.
The same rule applies to the
other members of the royal family.
It felts comfortable to sit with
the legs crossed on a chair.
But in the royal family females strictly
follow a stern rule of sitting.
Royal females are not allowed
to sit in a crossed legged position.
Rather they sit in
a special posture
where their knees remain straight
and in contact with each other.
In an interview, Queen Elizabeth said
that now she is so used to this posture
that sitting cross
legged now hurts her.
Among the strict rules of the
British royal family, one is that
the heirs to the Queen’s throne
can’t travel together.
The first heir to the throne after
Queen is her son Prince Charles
the second heir is Prince
Charles’s son Prince William.
And the third heir is Prince George.
According to the rule this,
all three heirs cannot travel together.
When Prince George reaches the age of 14
he will not be allowed
to travel with his father.
Queen Elizabeth or any member of the royal
family whenever they go out of the city.
Here also they have to follow certain rules
regarding the collection of dresses they carry.
Like they must carry a
black dress along with them.
In case they have to attend a
funeral in the middle of their travel,
which requires wearing a black dress.
Also regarding the food, the royal
family have to follow a lot of rules.
You also must be thinking
king and queen must be
getting dishes of their choice.
But this is not the case.
Queen Elizabeth and her family is
not permitted to eat a lot of food items.
Which includes shellfish,
garlic, onions and tap water.
The reason for not eating shellfish
is that it can upset the stomach.
And the queen can be in
trouble at any party or dinner.
Eating onion and garlic causes bad breath
which can leave a bad
impression on the other person.
And the reason to avoid tap water is
that it might contain germs or bacteria,
that can cause food poisoning.
And at last, let me tell you that
Queen has to wear gloves in public.
Be it hot summer days or chilling winter.
She is compelled to wear the Gloves.
Because when Queen goes out in public
she had to shake hands with a lot of people.
These gloves help her to avoid getting
infected with any germs or viruses.
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