Has Kate Middleton made the biggest royal misstep with the queen?

The British royal family is known to be faithful to tradition. From the order in which the family walks in public to the types of clothing that it wears, everything in the life of a royal is governed by tradition.

Recently, however, the world has broken with many traditions, for example when Meghan Markle was allowed to attend family events prior to her marriage to Prince Harry. In fact, Meghan and her husband often make headlines for doing things their way.

In contrast, Kate Middleton follows the tradition much more closely and has made headlines much less often. Kate broke tradition by spending Christmas at her place instead of Sandringham, flying with her family and choosing clothes that were more casual than most royal ladies. Now, she has made headlines for something that many fans see as a huge royal misstep.

What did Kate Middleton do?

While she was attending the Chelsea Flower Show, Kate leaned over to kiss her stepmother, Queen Elizabeth, on each cheek. It is the same affection as Prince William on the contrary a few moments earlier. The Queen did not seem to care about these affectionate greetings, but many think that this is strictly contrary to the royal protocol.

In general, members of the royal family greet each other in a very formal manner in public. In general, they do not kiss and kiss – at least in public view. In fact, the greetings generally captured by the press include a slight bow of the head or superficial reverence, depending on the bad of the person. Why then did Kate and William kiss the queen and really break the rules by doing so?

Is it permissible to kiss the queen?

According to the experts of the royal protocol, there are no definitive rules on how the members of the royal family greet each other. In fact, there is no stark rule as to how the public should approach the royal family. This is quite shocking, since most believe that there are strict rules to follow during greetings or at least those that are pronounced in public.

Just because it has always been done in a certain way; However, this does not mean that it must always be done that way. Experts even said that people could technically call royals by their first name. Whether they answer or not is a totally different question, of course.

Could this usher in a new era of informality?

Some wonder if the way Kate and William greeted Queen Elizabeth could pave the way for a new era of informality for the royal family – or, at the very least, an era of slightly less formalities. Much of the speculation comes from the way Queen Elizabeth reacted to greetings, that is, she did not react at all.

However, the lack of reaction and acceptance of the welcome message is not so much a matter of changing the formality of the royal family, but rather a statement of what the queen really feels for her daughter-in-law. Some speculation is that the family simply forgot that there were cameras around. They support this evidence in the way Kate and William bowed and bowed respectively after loving greeting. It was almost as if the formality came after the fact.

Maybe the world has had a glimpse of how Kate and her husband interact with Queen Elizabeth in camera. It seemed like a very natural greeting, rather than a forced "declaration", as one would have seen if it were the dawn of a new era. Anyway, one thing is certain: Kate certainly did not commit royal missteps and she has no problem with Her Royal Highness.