A Agency no.
Queen Camilla’s youthful sister, Annabel Elliot, can’t carry herself to curtsy to King Charles’ consort regardless of royal protocol.
Elliot, 76, spoke about Camilla, 77, in a brand new profile on the King and Queen commemorating the couple’s twentieth marriage ceremony anniversary written by royal biographer Robert Hardman for Tatler.
In line with Hardman, the inside designer “still finds it impossible” to curtsy to her elder sister, although she has been a member of the royal household for 20 years now and Queen for over 2 years.
Traditionally, girls have been anticipated to curtsy to the King or Queen the primary time they noticed them on any given day. Customs akin to this have relaxed over time, with even the royal household’s web site stating, “There are no obligatory codes of behaviour when meeting The Queen or a member of the Royal Family.”
Nonetheless, the positioning additionally states, “[M]any people wish to observe the traditional forms,” including, “For men this is a neck bow (from the head only) whilst women do a small curtsy.”
Members of the royal household and members of the royal family, nonetheless, nearly at all times (if not at all times) curtsy to the sovereign and their consort, making Elliot’s place much more outstanding on condition that she is one among Queen Camilla’s “companions” (the up to date equal of a “lady-in-waiting”).
Curtsying apart, Elliot praised her sister when talking with Hardman.
“Obviously for [King Charles], it was always going to be,” she informed Hardman of Charles turning into monarch.
As for her sister’s sudden ascendancy into public life, Elliot stated, “I think she’s transitioned beautifully, actually. I mean, I sometimes look at her, and I can’t really believe it.”
The Queen’s youthful sister was reportedly her “rock” throughout a making an attempt 2024. The literacy advocate mourned the dying of her beloved canine, noticed her husband and daughter-in-law battle most cancers and suffered well being issues of her personal, together with a bout of pneumonia.
Elliot’s love for her sister was on public show within the “BBC documentary Charles III: The Coronation Year,” during which she obtained emotional watching footage of Camilla leaving for Westminster Abbey to be topped Queen.
“When I thought back to being 2 years old and watching [Queen Elizabeth II’s] coronation on a tiny black and white television, and there goes this golden coach with my sister in it,” Elliot stated. “I can’t explain the feeling, because it’s so surreal. This cannot be happening. It was quite a moment.”
Elliot’s admiration for her sister was echoed by Camilla’s sister-in-law, Princess Anne (aka The Princess Royal).
“Her understanding of her role and how much difference it makes to the King has been absolutely outstanding,” Princess Anne informed Tatler.
“I’m sure lots of people do say to her what a difference she’s made, but that is really true. I’ve known her a long time off and on, and I think she’s been incredibly generous and understanding.”
