Current Events - International Watch - 2022-914]【British Prime Minister Traus met for the first time with the new King Charles III.] I don't know if I have performed the knee salute this time?! On the afternoon of September 9, local time, the new British Prime Minister Traus met with the new King Charles III at Buckingham Palace in London, which was also the first time that Charles III received the British Prime Minister as king.
The general concern of the outside world is: did Tras meet the new King Charles III for the first time, did he perform a bow on his knees?! Unfortunately, there is no official picture of the time of the visit.
However, when meeting the Queen on 6 September, Tras's shallow knee-bending salute displeased some Of the British people, believing that she did not respect the Queen; The "black history" of her early anti-monarchy remarks has also been picked up and controversial.
King Charles III, 73, is the longest crown prince in British history to serve as heir to the throne and the oldest monarch in British history.
The flexion ceremony is a traditional Western court greeting etiquette, and according to British royal officials, there is no mandatory code of conduct for meeting the queen or other members of the royal family, but its website notes that despite this, "many people still want to observe traditional etiquette". The website suggests that for men, they need to bow their necks and bow their heads in greeting, while women perform a bowed knee salute.
In order to show "respect and courtesy", many people still choose to bow their knees or bow their heads when they see members of the British royal family. For example, Boris Johnson, who has just officially stepped down, bowed to the Queen when he was appointed as the new British Prime Minister in 2019. Theresa May, a former female prime minister, also bowed to the Queen as prime minister in 2016 as a courtesy.
Many British people and netizens expressed dissatisfaction with it. "It's a shame that Terrass didn't bow his knees to the Queen."
Many netizens also retweeted or shared videos of Terrance's anti-monarchy remarks in his early years in interviews, mocking Terrass.
In 1994, 19-year-old Liz Traus was critical of the monarchy in an interview with it independent television (ITV), calling the monarchy 'shameful'. In this regard, some netizens laughed and said, "I hope she is happy to see the queen in Balmoral Castle today." ”
Because, according to the old rules, when the former Prime Minister leaves the House of Commons, usually after a few years, he is nominated by the Queen, canonized as a lifelong nobleman (in his/her generation, not hereditary, but without gender restrictions), and promoted to the House of Lords.
For example, The old predecessor that Tras followed everywhere, Margaret Thatcher, was later named "Baroness of Kertiven, Lincolnshire", and the former prime ministers Blair, Brown, etc., who are familiar to everyone, were also knighted by the queen.
Therefore, from this point of view, after Prime Minister Tras retired, once he was named a lifelong nobleman, this bending of the knee ceremony became the number of etiquette she should fulfill. It is still necessary to practice well from now on.
