Actress Sarah Jessica Parker met Queen Camilla at a Clarence House reception on November 11 for the newly announced Children’s Booker Prize, set to launch in 2026. There as a guest judge for the prestigious Booker Prize (awarded since 1969), Parker bowed and curtsied before the Queen in a show of respect at the London literary event.
While bowing or curtsying before a monarch is optional for Americans, there’s much more to meeting a member of the British royal family than simply performing a curtsy. In fact, the only royals one is formally expected to greet in this way are the King and Queen. But how about other details of royal protocol—do they still apply to celebrities? And what are they, really?
Click on to discover the royal protocol celebrities are expected to follow when meeting members of the British royal family.