Kate Middleton's Curtsy to Queen Camilla Caught on Camera

Kate Middleton's Curtsy to Queen Camilla Caught on Camera

Kate, the Princess of Wales', curtsy to stepmother-in-law Queen Camilla is the subject of a new viral video after footage from a 2022 community Christmas concert resurfaced on TikTok.

Curtsying has become a subject of increased public fascination in recent months, with Meghan Markle sparking controversy last December after revealing that she first thought being asked to curtsy to Queen Elizabeth II when dating Prince Harry was a "joke."

A curtsy is a reverential gesture acting as the traditional female equivalent of a bow. In Britain, curtsies are offered by female members of the royal family to the king and queen. Two curtsies are offered each day, once upon greeting the sovereign and another when saying goodbye. In modern Britain there is no expectation for members of the public to bow or curtsy to the royals—however, some voluntarily choose to do so.

The Princess of Wales and (inset) Queen Camilla photographed at the Together at Christmas carol concert at Westminster Abbey, London, December 15, 2022.

Though bows and curtsies are offered to the king and queen, other members of the royal family do not bow or curtsy to each other, meaning that when Queen Elizabeth II was alive, Kate did not curtsy to either the then Prince Charles or Camilla, while she was Duchess of Cornwall.

Uploaded to TikTok by user @princessofwales2022, Kate's curtsy to Camilla and Charles at the Together at Christmas carol concert at Westminster Abbey on December 15, 2022, was one of her first to the couple in their new capacities as king and queen.

Captioned "Family Time," the video has been viewed over 130,000 times on the social media platform so far and shows Kate dropping into her curtsies at the Abbey's Great West Door. The clip also shows Charles and Camilla greeting Prince William, Prince George and Princess Charlotte.

The clip has also received in excess of 4,000 likes and numerous comments, many of which have praised the princess for her polite execution of the gesture.

"She is so polite," wrote one TikTok user, with another adding: "Beautiful princess Kate 🥰."

One user noted that Prince William appeared not to bow to Camilla, who married Charles in 2006 following the turbulent years of the 1990s, during which Princess Diana referred to the now queen as the third person in her marriage.

Though in public, William and Camilla have appeared to interact amicably, Prince Harry revealed in his memoir Spare that both brothers "pleaded" with their father not to marry Camilla, who became a figure of public criticism after her affair with Charles was made public and following the death of Princess Diana in 1997.


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