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Why Kate Middleton refused to sign autographs to schoolchildren

2023-05-25T14:50:15.413Z

Highlights: The Princess of Wales refused to sign the notebooks of young schoolchildren. She met a hundred children, from ten different primary schools, on the occasion of a big picnic. Kate Middleton, who still sketched flowers and trees on some schoolchildren, gave a summary explanation on this subject. "My name is Catherine," she said. "I'm not allowed to write my signature, it's just one of those rules that I have to follow." It would also be discouraged for the royal family to order shellfish on a trip abroad.


The Princess of Wales, who offered herself a surprise visit to the Chelsea Flower Show in London on Monday, May 22, refused to sign the notebooks of young schoolchildren. And for a very specific reason.


She met a hundred children, from ten different primary schools, on the occasion of a big picnic. Kate Middleton offered herself a surprise visit to the Chelsea Flower Show in London on Monday, May 22. She then strolled through the gardens of the Royal Entomological Society, alongside students from St Mary Church of England and Glenbrook. The latter, delighted to meet the Princess of Wales, took advantage of her presence to ask for autographs. A request that the main interested party would have politely declined, according to People. "I can't write my name," she reportedly replied. But I can draw."

Asked about the reason for this refusal, Kate Middleton, who still sketched flowers and trees on the notebooks of some schoolchildren, gave a summary explanation on this subject. And it seems that his decision is linked to royal protocol. "My name is Catherine," she said. I'm not allowed to write my signature, it's just one of those rules that I have to follow." According to the Daily Express, members of the royal family would not be allowed to sign autographs, at the risk of someone trying to imitate their signature. This does not prevent them from accepting a few selfies with fans, as during the last public outing of King Charles III before his coronation.

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Monopoly banned

As a princess and member of the royal family, Prince William's wife must also follow several similar rules. If Kate Middleton sometimes allows herself some gestures of affection towards her husband, these are for example strongly discouraged in public by the Royal Palace. The label also forbade the Windsors from voting and expressing their political opinions, leaving the field open to the British government.

Other recommendations, however, seem more out of place. It would thus be prohibited to... play Monopoly - the Queen once felt that the game could become "too fierce". It would also be discouraged for the royal family to order shellfish on a trip abroad - to prevent the risk of food poisoning - or - for women - to wear a tiara before 18 p.m.

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