They want to update the Crown and are implementing their project in small steps. Kate and William – the future of the Windsors and they are charged with the task of guiding the royal family between tradition and innovation. They held hands during a Caribbean tour, took selfies for subjects, identified themselves as Will and Kate, and sometimes even indulged in displays of affection in the crowd. A gradual transition to a modern and empathetic monarchy that is not afraid to take to the streets and mingle with the common people. However, the rules of royal protocol that must be observed when meeting with the Dukes of Cambridge still exist. and reveal them is the actor Jon Hamm.

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While we are reading Harper’s Bazaar USAJon Hamm TV show host Live with Kelly and Ryan told how before the London premiere Top Shooter: Maverick also attended by William and Kate, the cast was given a guidebook on how to feel about the future King of England and his wife. Recommendations to follow in order to observe etiquette and not make mistakes. “You’re a little worried because you’re being given these rules that you have to follow somehow,” said the actor, best known for playing Don Draper on the television series. crazy people remembering the meeting with the royal couple. “You should say ‘Your Royal Highness’ if they appear under their own name instead, then you can use their name, but you can’t do it first,” he said, “and you can’t reach out first, it must be they. to do this. And then you have to bow, but you can’t bow too much.” Clean?

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Hamm also returned to this theme in the living room The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon where he defined the protocol as “recommendations that are not so much guidelines as hard and fast rules that you are required to follow”. A label he knew how to respect without getting dirty, just like his colleagues Jennifer Connelly and Miles Teller (who were “lost” in the Prince’s sky blue eyes ed.) also thanks to the kindness of Cambridge. Also on royal protocol is Tom Cruise’s gallant gesture of offering his hand to Kate Middleton to climb the Leicester Square stairs? Probably yes.

It must be said that the monarchy has largely adapted to modern times in regards to greetings: the official website of the royal family, unsurprisingly, states that “there are no mandatory rules of conduct when meeting with the queen or a member of the royal family.” In 2018, for example, while having lunch at the headquarters of the charity Centrepoint, William intercepted a note meant for guests summarizing how to interact with the royal couple (bow to greet each other and use His Royal Highness). ed.) laughed that “requires updating”.

According to Mirrorin Cambridge, they were well aware that “the British crown can only survive if it adapts to the modernity of the times”, and for this reason they would like people to address them by name and not bow. Will it really be so?