Meghan Markle's deep curtsey echoes her first ever meeting with the Queen
15.09.2022 - 13:41
/ ok.co.uk
The royal family gathered to show their respect for the late Queen Elizabeth II at a service at Westminster Hall to commence the lying in state, which precedes the Queen's state funeral on 19 September. Before departing from the service, the Duchess of Sussex was seen taking a deep curtsy before her grandmother-in-law’s coffin. Traditionally, women in the royal family curtsy if they're seeing the monarch for the first time that day, while men usually greet the monarch with a head bow.
Meghan has previously spoken about her shock at having to learn how to curtsy very quickly - and how she ended up doing a 'very deep' curtsy. Being interviewed by Oprah Winfrey, Meghan said: “I remember Harry and I were in the car, and he says, 'OK, my grandmother is there so we're going to meet her,'. And I said, 'Oh great, I love grandmas.' [...] 'But, right, do you know how to curtsy?’ “I thought, genuinely, that was part of what happens outside.
I thought that was part of the fanfare. I didn't think that's what happens inside, and I said, 'It's your grandmother.' He goes, 'It's the Queen.' “That was really the first moment that the penny dropped that this wasn't easy,” she added. The Duchess says that she then had to quickly learn how to curtsy, with help from Prince Harry and Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York.
For all of the latest updates, sign up for OK!'s Royal newsletter.The former actress continued: "I learned it very quickly, right in front of the house, we just practised and then walked in. [...] I met her and, apparently, I did a very deep curtsy." At the short service at Westminster Hall, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex could be seen holding hands as they departed. While many other royal couples departed side by side without
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