tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663741205887997698.post4380382320073350990..comments2023-04-06T06:39:29.589-04:00Comments on Life is full of surprises ...: The Loyal ToastTim Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12237353402644996286noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663741205887997698.post-87348949041794629372011-05-25T04:31:48.155-04:002011-05-25T04:31:48.155-04:00The only people in Britain who get uptight about t...The only people in Britain who get uptight about this sort of thing are the royal commentators in our media and they are simply justifying their salaries.<br /><br />The Queen is probably the best practitioner of diplomatic protocol in the world but part of that protocol, as she has demonstrated all her life, is to be completely unaffected by lapses in protocol by people whose lives are mainly about other things. The only time we have ever seen her slightly annoyed is when people invade her personal space by overfamiliarity (Reagan touching her up being an example. Heck, I get just as annoyed at being touched by people I'm not married to so I think we can put the Queen's reaction down to just being English.MadPriesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15120376342802143188noreply@blogger.com