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Yes, that's exactly what I think, thanks VictoriaB.
That lady was the Speaker of the Second Chamber passing by while the Prime Minister was telephoning behind the coulisses. He saw the Speaker coming and -while continuing the telephone call- popped out of the coulisses and greeted her with a handkiss.
I think Mrs. Chirac, or other heads of state and their spouses, shouldn't bow/curtsy to other monarchs......but after all it's all about individual choice.
The former Première Dame, Madame Bernadette Chirac was just gallant. And.... her parents were a Chodron de Courcel (barons) and a Brondeau d'Urtières (comtes), belonging to the French aristocracy.
That is not so unusual. Another still living Première Dame belongs to the nobility as well: Madame Anne-Aymone Giscard d'Estaing. Her parents were a Sauvage de Brantès (marquises) and De Faucigny-Lucinge (princes).
Let us say: greeting the oldfashioned way is part of their milieu.
I don't know they are aristocrats! Thanks for the information Duc_et_Pair.
I don't know they are aristocrats! Thanks for the information Duc_et_Pair.
That lady was the Speaker of the Second Chamber passing by while the Prime Minister was telephoning behind the coulisses. He saw the Speaker coming and -while continuing the telephone call- popped out of the coulisses and greeted her with a handkiss.
Doesn't grabbing a lady's hand and twisting her around destroy the gallantry of it all?
I was just reading about the Queen's coronation and her curtsey to the people. I found it in this video at 6:28. Apologies if this has been shared before; I was really curious to see what this looked like!
Almost perfunctory, not so?
Considering the weight of all the ceremonial robes and the crown, I'm impressed that the Queen was able to pull off any kind of a curtsy at all. That had to play a big part in just how low of a curtsy she could do at the time.
It's a shadow of curtsies that are being shown here on this thread. In fact, it's unclear to me what she is actually doing. Is she leaning back on one leg? It was not a 'going down'. Not really. I would be interested to see any curtsy she has given when she was princess (and not Queen). Anyone have that handy?
Leonor, Princess of Asturias, curtsying to her father, King Felipe VI of Spain
http://www.abc.es/media/MM/2018/01/30/efe12-kjCH--615x900@abc.jpg
(I have said this on other thread but) Her curtsy is beautiful and elegant.
Can I nominate this for the best royal photo of 2018? Love the happiness from Leonor and the pride from Felipe.
Leonor, Princess of Asturias, curtsying to her father, King Felipe VI of Spain
http://www.abc.es/media/MM/2018/01/30/efe12-kjCH--615x900@abc.jpg