Duc_et_Pair
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What reason is there to expect this?
Modernization of the British monarchy. The Queen came on the throne more than 60 years ago. During a Reign things often remain the same: "tradition". With a new King suddenly new accents are set, see Spain, see Belgium, see the Netherlands. I think that The Prince of Wales will change things, and his son will again change things (he already does by not becoming a fulltime royal). The Prince of Wales and certainly his sons do not appear to me people who insist on a bow or a révérence and are -like their continental "colleagues"- more "a handshake will do perfectly, thank you". That is my personal observation.
When Queen Juliana came on the throne in 1948, after a 58 years Reign of her mother, she insisted that the "obligatory révérence" should go because she felt it created a "total unneccessary situation" between two people. Back then it was a "shock" but these days almost all monarchies have adapted this.
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