A curtsy is a traditional
gesture of greeting, in which a girl or woman bends her knees while bowing her
head. It is the female equivalent of male bowing in Western cultures.
Nowadays, curtsey is still performed when meeting Royals. There
are some royal curtsies.
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| Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher curtsy before the Queen |
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| Curtsy to Princess Margaret, when she arrives at Selfridge `s this evening to attend the ball in aid of the Marylebone Housing Association |
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| A lady curtsies respectfully low to Her Majesty the Queen, when the Queen attended the St.Cecilia Festival concert at the Royal Festival Hall |
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| Princess Margaret in a curtsy, when she attending Pilgrimage Service at the Guildford Cathedral |
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| Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher curtsy before the Queen, as she arrives at Thatcher's 80th birth day party |
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| A lady curtsy before prince Charles |
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| Camilla, duchess of Cornwall curtsy to the emperor Akihito & empress Michiko of Japan |
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| Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher curtsy before the Queen Mother |
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Princess
Elizabeth (now the Queen) curtsy before king Haakon of Norway, when he arrived in
London to state visit
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| Camilla, duchess of Cornwall in a curtsy |
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| Diana, princess of wales curtsy to the emperor Akihito & empress Michiko of Japan |
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| The Queen in a curtsy |
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| Prince William in a curtsy |
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| Katherine, duchess of Cambridge in a curtsy |
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| Anna Neagle curtsy before H.R.H.Princess Elizabeth ,as she arrives at film premiere of Lady with a lamp ,September 22 1951 |
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| All smiles Madison Sporer impressed the Queen with her polished curtsy and a handmade card. |
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| Princess Diana in a difficult curtsy |
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| Princess Margaret curtsy to the Queen during her wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey in the spring of 1960 |
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French first lady, CarlaBruni-Sarkozy curtsies as she meets the Queen
'I really wanted to curtsy to the
Queen, and we had a lot of fun with my friend Marianne Faithfull, who had
already met the Queen,' Bruni-Sarkozy said.
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| Autumn Phillips & Peter Phillips curtsy & bow to the Queen at the Royal Ascot Races |
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| British actress Joan Collins curtsies as she meets the Queen |
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| Katherine Jenkins curtsies elegantly to Her Majesty the Queen at the races |
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| Katharine, duchess of Cambridge curtsying for the Queen during her Jubilee tour |
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InfantaElena, Duchess of Lugo, the elder daughter of King Juan Carlos and Queen
Sofía of Spain, curtsying for the
Queen
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| The Queen in a curtsy |
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| Lady Gaga curtsying for the Queen |
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| Marilyn Monroe curtsying for the Queen, London, 1956 |
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| The Queen in a triple curtsy |
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| Mrs. McKay curtsies before the Queen |
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| Princess Diane curtsies before Queen Sofia of Spain |
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| Princess Diana's first curtsy to the Queen as the Princess Of Wales during the wedding ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral. |
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| Princess Beatrice curtseys clumsily to her grandmother the Queen on the sunny fifth day of Ascot |
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| Princess Alexandra making a curtsy to the Queen 1963 |
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| Princess Charlene of Monaco making a curtsy to the Queen |
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| Princess Eugenie Curtsies to the Queen |
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| Princess Eugenie curtseying to the late HM the Queen Mother 1997 |
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| Princess Mette Marit of Norway curtsies respectfully low to Her Majesty the Queen |
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| Nurses curtsy to the Queen during her visit to officially open Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital in Australia |
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| Camilla, duchess of Cornwall in a curtsy at Denmark palace. |
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| Serena Williams shows off her curtsy to the Queen |
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| Spreading wide the skirt of her gymslip, a uniformed schoolgirl curtsies respectfully low before a smiling Princess Margaret at a prizegiving ceremony. |
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| Sophie countess of Wessex curtsy to the Queen |
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| Princess Mette-Marit curtseys to the Queen |
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| Prince Harry in a curtsy |
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| Sophie countess of Wessex curtsy to the Queen , at the queen mother's funeral |
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| Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher curtsy before the Queen |
The last two pictures: Not Sophie or the Queen Mums funeral and not Baroness Thatcher.
ReplyDeleteOne thing I will day about Diana, she had an AWESOME curtsey.
ReplyDeleteYes Diana's curty is the best. She is consistent and did it right everytime. Obviously shows practice.
ReplyDeleteYes, don't think Sophie would be dressed in cream at a funeral.
ReplyDeleteSeveral of these seem off. "Prince Harry in a curtsey"--not. Someone is curtseying TO Prince Harry. "Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, in a curtsey": Wrong. The other person in the photo is curtseying TO Camilla. The Queen in a curtsey: NO. The other person is curtseying TO the Queen. The curtsey is performed by the person of lower rank as a sign of respect to the person of higher rank. The person whose knees are bending and whose head is, or should be, bowed is curtseying--not the person who is of royal rank.
ReplyDeleteI know why cant Pinterest get it right?
Deletei like Diana's one, it shows her humility..but i would never bow down to someone
ReplyDeleteMe neither. What a ridiculous tradition. The 'royal' family are people just like we are-no different and definitely not superior.
DeleteCurtseying is simply a gesture of respect for the office of monarchy. It's not about superiority. In the case of HRH The Queen I'm feeling that she deserves the utmost respect, as does her office.
DeleteThe best curtsy is Dianas
ReplyDeleteDiana's was the best, it's all in the upbringing.
ReplyDeleteDiana was trained in dance. No doubt that has something to do with the grace and consistency of her curtsies.
ReplyDeletecurtsies have been a tradition for centuries. If the royal family wanted to do away with it they could.
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