[MR] A Question of Protocol

[jbrmm266 at aol.com]

Lord Owain Penbras writes:

<I was taught that you bow to the crown, not to the person wearing the crown. 
And I was taught (by the First Knight of Meridies) that we are honoring the ideals of chivalry and honor that are embodied in the
symbolic crown, and not the individual who happens to be wearing that crown in this particular half-year. >
 
In support of that sentiment, when the late Gyrth Oldcastle was knighted while reigning as King of the East, the assembled kings who conferred the title upone him caused him to remove and swear fealty to his Crown.
 
Your servant aye
Donal
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