[MR] Atlantia Digest, Vol 40, Issue 37

[GREG FABIC]

THANK YOU!!!!  for this discussion.  

I was taught, by the head of my former household, pretty much as Siegfried was. Also, I was also taught that you only reverance the Royalty and the Baronage during a procession, not their retainers.
I have been researching such things on the web and ran across a delightful site.

http://www2.kumc.edu/itc/staffrknight/protocol.htm  
(you will need to cut and paste)

It is proving to be greatly helpful.

Livia of Ravenswode

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Whether 'proper or not' ... What I was taught many many years ago was:

* If you are standing, and the Royalty pass by, bow slightly, and head 
down/avert eyes.

* If you are sitting, and the Royalty processes by (note the subtlely - 
with mass followers, often heralds, obviously out to 'look grand', IE, 
court, or heading around Pennsic) ... stand up and bow.

* If you are sitting, and the Royalty passes by (not processes), you may 
just bow 'in your seat' via a nod of the head/etc.  Their Majesties do 
not want to cause traffic jams when just 'walking around' because of 
everyone getting up and down.

* If you walk past their Majesties, or their thrones (full or empty), 
bow as you walk past.

All of this is null and void if there is no crown on their head at the 
time however.

I have seen His Majesty (I think it was Cuan at the time) at a crowded 
University, stop in the middle of the hallway, and remove his crown, so 
that traffic flow could continue in the otherwise cramped quarters, 
which had come to a halt because of bowing.

As far as Landed Baronage goes ... I had been taught that while a bow 
was always welcome, that it was really only expected when processing.

So now, where is the protocol Herald and/or Laurel to correct us all?

Siegfried