There are no formal rules on how to greet a royal but it is widely understood there should not be physical contact unless the royal initiates or agrees to it.
Queen Camilla appeared to physically retreat when France's First Lady attempted to take her hand during a D-Day commemoration event.Brigitte Macron joined Camilla to lay flowers during a Royal British Legion ceremony marking 80 years since the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944.The pair were at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer, France, when moments later Macron reached over, seemingly hoping to hold the queen's hand.
For men this is a neck bow whilst women do a small curtsy. Other people prefer simply to shake hands in the usual way.'On presentation to The King or Queen, the correct formal address is 'Your Majesty' and subsequently 'Sir' or 'Ma'am,' pronounced with a short 'a,' as in 'jam'.'King Charles III joined Camilla for the engagement while Prince William was also out in Normandy but on Juno Beach for the Canadian ceremony.
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