Posted by manuel
on 8/10/2009, 19:28:43, in reply to "Re: Solemn opening of the Danish Parliament today"
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That has nothing to do with royal protocol. A Princess curtsies to a Queen. No exception. Either you abolish curtsies, like in the Netherlands (but the Dutch Princesses curtsey to the King and Queen of Spain, for example), or you follow royal protocol. Being in line to the throne or not has nothing to do with curtseying or not. Letizia and the Spanish Infantas curtsey to Queen Anne-Marie, even if she is not longer a reigning Queen consort.
I have seen Princess Benedikte curtseying to the King and Queen of Spain. Strange you curtsey to a foreign monarch and not to your own sovereign. 
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: Benedikte would never curtsy to her sister or
: brother-in-law....She is in line of the
: throne and as the Queen's sister she enjys a
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: Mary curtseyd to Henrik since her marriage
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: Frederik. Probably she does it as respect to
: his father-in-law but wouldn't do it to
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: I think Diana curtseyd to his father-in-law
: but probably she didn't do it to Prince
: Claus of the Netherlands (during the Dutch
: State Visit to the UK).
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: Curtseying to Prince Henrik would mean that
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: consort. I have seen the DoE bowing to the
: King of Spain and the Spanish Infantas do
: not curtsey to Princes consort.
: Crown Princess Mary curtseying to the Prince
: consort of Denmark is an innovation in royal
: protocol.
: But it would be expected that she curtsied
: to the Queen of Denmark, even is she is her
: sister.
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: I thought it was interesting that Princess
: Benedikte didn’t appear to curtsey to either
: her sister or her brother-in-law, although
: obviously Princesses Mary and Marie did.
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: Today the traditional solemn opening of the
: Danish Parliamentary Year will take place
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: http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/article.php/id-25535320.html?forside
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: The event is broadcast live on tv2.dk
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