15 Rules The Royals Must Follow

Once upon a time, becoming a princess sound like a dream come true, but what does it actually mean to be a princess today? Well, being part of the British Royal family comes with a whole lot of rules and protocols you’re required to follow as a working member. Sure, there are tiaras, royal balls and state dinners, but those dinners have their own set of rules that probably won't even cross your mind when you’re hanging out with your family in public.
A lot of the rules revolve around the Queen being the first, the first to stand or sit, the first to eat and speak. As a royal, you are required to follow her lead, so no walking in front of the Queen, no eating after Her Majesty is finished. The Queen even has a say on wedding dress choices for royal brides and which family members can travel with who. But there are other rules that the other members of the royal family are required to adhere to on their own and have also become part of royal tradition. Such as how to sit properly as a Royal, words to use in public, and keeping their coats on in public. Though some of these rules are a little crazy-strict, it’s no surprise when they are broken occasionally.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:25 Follow the Queen’s Lead
01:13 The Duchess Slant
01:49 Social Media is Nothing Personal
02:34 Royal Stylists
03:14 No shellfish in public
03:55 No eating when the Queen’s done
04:34 Queen in Bright Colours
05:03 Royals & Tiaras
05:52 Balcony Etiquette
06:30 Coats in public
07:04 A Queen and her purse
07:38 Can’t Say “Pardon”
08:23 Travel Separately
09:03 It’s Tradition
09:38 Teatime Tips
10:06 Outro
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[@TheThingsCelebrity]

What do you think of these rules? 🚫

[@freddie3206]

Quite ridiculous!!!!!

[@Ilaria_Averio]

Ridiculous

[@katherineknapp4370]

😮

[@luxuryhub1323]

I like Kate's style the most. Before or after join the royal family, she just being herself simple and elegant 😘

[@TheThingsCelebrity]

Beautiful 😍

[@derrickjuinor]

@@TheThingsCelebrity ikr

[@gettenSodamFREE]

She was TRAINED TO MARRY ROYAL I LIKE KATE BUT I DON'T worship her.

[@JZJ7777]

She’s definitely beautiful!

[@karenshurley2333]

You forgot my favorite: all on the balcony, meanie is standing to the front and left of hazmat, meanie turned around and started to hazmat!! He corrected her twice; poor meanie, she looked like someone let the air out of her inflatable pool 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@racheldemain1940]

Finishing my food when Monarch does!! couldn't cope with that, would have to go for something to eat before the engagement so i had something inside me!! Hope King Charles lets his Guests have their meals!!

[@CECE-xs7kb]

princess charlotte (charlotte of wales) is my fav royale member

[@Ilaria_Averio]

R.I.P Queen Elizabeth ii 😔

[@lezliwelge9626]

That was funny when Prince William jumped up so fast

[@C0tt0n_candy7]

Rest in peace Queen Elizabeth

[@emeraldkimble7602]

They have protocol specialists whose job is to tell what’s appropriate

[@mfaithfull3098]

They have lived their lives like this so it very easily and quickly becomes normal for them. It isn’t like learning rules as it’s they way they’ve always lived (except those marrying into the family and they’ll pick it up fairly soon).

[@lezliwelge9626]

How did they forget To have a Royal Rule About The Royal Family Never Having sons or daughters that cheat like it's nobody's business, I mean that's awful and there is no excuse for a cheaters dirty ways!!

[@judithrichards6085]

A year + video now.... but I have to say, i admired out late Royal Majesty....and oddly miss her ❤😢 God save the King 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@lianefehrle9921]

Curtsy that is one I can’t do.

[@angelsolis5256]

What happens if they don’t follow protocol? What are the consequences?

[@maddog6620]

Super amazing video

[@kathleenweinberg6442]

The royal family may be rich but they have to go buy rules and regulations

[@maddog6620]

Awesome 😎

[@user-jp4tl9zd8n]

It also keeps you from tripping over something else on the floor.

[@jdennis211]

It doesn't seem like the rules are working too well.

[@ZoomRaze]

Imagine having to follow all those rules, ill'd mess up so much.

[@racheldemain1940]

Sitting like they do is SO uncomfortable, with the slant! Mum and I tried it and we couldn't do it beyond a couple of minutes!!

[@jacquis7897]

I know that the rules that are very strict but are there you do not have to rent if you work there and you get paid while the queen owns your room and rent is not the cheapest so its no the worst.

[@johnanderson5978]

Wow talk about protocol and everything being so nice well-mannered there are out here saying what lol haha

[@maddog6620]

You are cool 😎

[@zoharmckeown2331]

My god sometimes I take like 5 minutes to eat and others like half an hour if I was in the family bro I’d literally kill my self like tfff to many rules to follow

[@IrishCarney]

It's been done before. The queen's grandfather, George V, wasn't supposed to be king. His older brother, Prince Albert Victor, was but ended his own life at age 28 in 1892. Three years earlier, Rudolf, the Crown Prince (heir to the throne) of the Austo-Hungarian Empire, had done the same thing at age 30, together with his mistress. And if you think etiquette and rules of the English Windsor dynasty are stifling, the Austrian Hapsburg rules were so rigid that news of the tragedy was significantly delayed getting to the Emperor and Empress because the information had to be delivered by someone of high enough rank and without interrupting them. In 1943, the former Prince Alastair of Connaught (who was deprived of his title of prince at age three) died in mysterious circumstances at age 28 in Canada. He had been rejected due to incompetence from an honorary position heading a Canadian regiment, and supposedly drank himself into such a state that died of the cold near an open window, which he may or may not have "fallen out of."

[@racheldemain1940]

I would be going to the nearest Chippy or Pizza place to have some food before or after the Event so i had something inside me. Couldn't cope with the waste. Hope King Charles lets them get a decent chance at finishing their meal

[@reverseflash7095]

I always knew that unlike in the movies being royalty was a drag

[@TheThingsCelebrity]

It’s not easy 😓

[@arianalee9862]

all

[@racheldemain1940]

Do you think King Charles will let folk keep eating after he has finished?.

[@maddog6620]

Super Crazy 😝

[@katherineknapp4370]

😮

[@shalinitrivedi4166]

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[@AmandaMuu]

I wouldn't like to follow any of them. I like freedom and being casual. I would probably add a. interesting half ghetto half farmer twist to any royal event

[@user-jp4tl9zd8n]

I walk looking down so I don't trip and fall. So I didn't know it was a rule. Oops 😬 Oops 🤭.I just do it right again for my own fault for falling down the road sidewalk that's uneven.

[@johnbrew2428]

The king is Governor of the C. of E., not "Head"

[@bobbiemontgomery6584]

Who actually cares, all they report is whom wears what. No one can live by all their rules, that's why they smoke and drink so much, and look older than their years.. Like my freedom and can go when or where I want. To each it's own, if you're interested in their lives.

[@ZoomRaze]

Smoking is banned for the royals💀

[@ZoomRaze]

And multiple people can live by the rules they've literally raised a whole army and they have to stand at one spot for hours, you're comment is so dumb man

[@bobbiemontgomery6584]

@@ZoomRaze - it must have changed recently, , even though the queen discouraged by banning it, her sister Margaret, smoked 60 cigarettes a day. There we're other royals that smoked; Harry, and Fergie ..They all have quit since then.

[@ravichangoor3696]

But lilbet isn't baptised

[@maryannfickenwirth4146]

No real Lilibet is part of any family. Let's keep this real. Please keep it true.

[@arianalee9862]

Evereone

[@Userk998]

No baby brain. Commets.😂😮😊

[@amlrtpl]

Prince William and Kate Middleton is not going to get divorce

[@nellinightshade3358]

She hasn't been a Middleton since her marriage. And her name is Catherine.

[@nihadsndi3424]

Free kurdistan Free kurdistan

[@amberzahorchak3870]

I would hate to be a royal ☹️😕👎

[@IamLegendaryguy1998]

I hope William and Kate get a divorce

[@peteregan7864]

Why?

[@freddie3206]

I don't like those two anyway. Kate is so skinny, she looks anorexic!!!!!

[@racheldemain1940]

My Money is on them lasting longer than Meg and Harry!!