How cute the babies of the British royal family are, I believe everyone knows very well. Although they are all loved by thousands of people, it is not easy to be a royal baby! In addition to the fact that everything in life may be exposed to the public eye or the spotlight, there is a series of traditional etiquette and norms to be observed! After reading this series of royal conventions, will you be glad that you are just a commoner?
1. Birth information will be published
The British Royal Family stipulates that after the birth of each member, a notice will be posted outside Buckingham Palace, announcing the gender and birth time of the royal baby.
2. Members of the Royal Family must be baptized
Since Queen Elizabeth II was the presiding officer of the church, all members of the royal family had to be baptized. Even Meghan completed her baptism before she married before she and Prince Harry could complete their wedding in 2018.
3. Royal babies must wear the designated baptistry suit
Royal babies cannot choose whether to be baptized or not, even in baptismal clothes to the point where they must wear the designated Royal Honiton christening gown. Starting with Queen Victoria's first child, every royal baby wears the same gown when they are baptized. However, because the original dress was too old and fragile, in order to protect it, Meghan and Prince Harry's son Archie had to wear a replica when they were baptized.
4. The bowed knee salute is a must
According to traditional etiquette, all female members of the royal family must bow their knees to the queen when they see her for the first time in a day, even the lovely Princess Charlotte.
5. Sooner or later, you will need to get a license plate
Only the Queen of the United Kingdom can drive without a driver's license, and other members of the Royal Family must get a license plate to drive.
6. You can't ask the queen to be Grandma
More british media reported that the original royal baby can not call the queen to be Grandma, but this does not mean that they do not need to honor her as "Your Royal Highest", but can be called "Granny" or "Gan-Gan" to call the queen.
7. Passport is required
As a royal baby, you may need to participate in some royal activities at any time, and may even need to travel around the world, such as Archie, who accompanied Meghan and Prince Harry to South Africa when he was four months old. Therefore, when every royal baby is born, they will immediately receive a passport in case of emergency.
8. Two heirs to the throne cannot travel together
In order to ensure that there is a successor to the throne, the tradition stipulates that two successors cannot travel together on a plane, in case of an accident, the royal family will lose two successors. Unless approved by the Queen, everyone needs to abide by this agreement.
9. You must learn to wave "royally"
In addition to the different royal etiquette, the "Windsor wave" is a pose that every member of the royal family must learn, and whenever they appear in public, they will wave to the public in this standard posture, and Princess Charlotte learned this skill very early.
10. Learn a second language
Most members of the royal family begin to learn a second language from an early age, such as Prince William's proficiency in French, while Prince George began learning Spanish at the age of two.
11. Boys wear shorts
There are actually many clothing restrictions among members of the royal family, the strangest of which is that all boys in the royal family need to wear shorts in public, because the reason is that the traditional belief that boys wear long pants is a symbol of the middle class.
12. Girls are required to wear a dress
Girls in the royal family mostly wear smocked dresses in public, a tradition that began with Princess Anne and has been passed down through to modern times.
13. Princesses may not be able to wear crowns
It may be that most people think that if they follow, they will definitely wear a crown, but the original tradition stipulates that only married female members of the royal family can wear a crown!
14. Brothers and sisters will wear "off-line" shapes
In different royal photos, it is not difficult to see that when the prince and princess were young, they would wear "lined" clothing whenever they appeared in public with their parents, that is, there was no explicit regulation, but most of the brothers and sisters' shapes could echo each other.
15. Do not eat canned baby food
Of course, royal babies don't need to eat canned baby food, because they all have a personal chef to prepare a suitable meal for them. Former chef Darren McGrady shared that he had prepared steamed apples and pears for His infants, Prince William and Prince Harry.
17. Can't play Monopoly
You never see Prince George or Princess Charlotte playing Monopoly, because in the past there were family members who had an over-competitive mentality when they played board games again, so The game of Monopoly has been banned from the palace.
18. Must attend a royal wedding
All members of the royal family are required to "serve" in royal weddings during childhood, becoming "flower children". Prince George and Princess Charlotte once appeared at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan with other relatives, and their cute appearance impressed everyone!
19. You may not be able to leave your own gift
Royal babies need to accept gifts from the people out of goodwill, but whether they can keep the gifts cannot be decided by themselves, but by the queen, what can be left behind and what cannot be left.
20. Military service is required when you grow up
According to tradition, male members of the royal family were required to perform military service, such as Prince Charles and his father joined the Navy, Prince William chose the Air Force, and Prince Harry joined the Army. I wonder if the cute Prince George will follow his father when he grows up and join the Air Force?