Most families have a standard greeting when they get together, be it a hug or a kiss on the cheek. To royalty, who has been caught on camera greeting family members many times, it looks like an air kiss. But sometimes these interactions become news because they seem strange.
Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince Harry’s former butler, Grant Harrold, told The Sydney Morning Herald that the action is known as a “kiss on the cheek” [because] you place your right cheek against your right cheek, but you don’t kiss in the air or make a loud frowning noise. ”
Anyway, here are some cases where the standard British royal family’s greeting seemed worthy of embarrassment.
Prince Harry’s strange kiss in the air with someone he didn’t expect
If you think the photos of Prince Harry greeting his own family look strange, he really stumbled when he tried to kiss a woman in the air who wasn’t expecting it.
As The Sun noted, the Duke of Sussex was with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and their mother, Doria Ragland, when they appeared at the launch of a cookbook written by neighbors in the West London disaster in 2018.
The prince shocked one of the volunteers at the Hubb Community Kitchen when he leaned down with open arms to greet her. Because she was surprised, Harry decided not to hug her and gave three air kisses in the distance.
Prince Philip was not ready for Prince William’s farewell
In 2016, when Prince William was a pilot for the East Anglian Air Ambulance, his grandparents took a special tour of the Duke of Cambridge’s workplace.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip were there for about 40 minutes. When they left, the cameras captured William giving each of them a kiss in the air, but his grandfather was not ready for that, so it was a strange moment.
“Prince Philip was surprised when he received a kiss from his pilot grandson on the track during a trip to see his workplace,” reported The Sun.
Infamous kisses from Prince Charles to his mother
There are several photos that were taken of Prince Charles kissing Queen Elizabeth’s hand in the air, but something in these photos always seems uncomfortable.
Body language expert Judi James told Express that she believes it has to do with how distant their relationship has always been.
“The sight of Prince Charles as a very small boy standing with his hand outstretched to shake his mother’s hand formally after she returned from a long tour sparked rumors that the Queen had a distant and remote relationship with her eldest son “, she said. “Since then, although Charles seems to have made a great effort to show affection that borders on the adoration for the woman he calls ‘mommy’, he kissed her hand to suggest a sense of almost medieval chivalry and dedication to his service.”
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