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Queen Camilla\u2019s younger sister, Annabel Elliot, can\u2019t bring herself to curtsy to King Charles\u2019 consort despite royal protocol.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Elliot, 76, <\/a>spoke about Camilla, 77, in a new profile on the King and Queen commemorating the couple\u2019s 20th wedding anniversary written by royal biographer Robert Hardman for Tatler.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n According to Hardman, the interior designer \u201cstill finds it impossible\u201d to curtsy to her elder sister, even though she has been a member of the royal family for two decades now and Queen for over 2 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n Queen Camilla\u2019s younger sister Annabel Elliot (R) can\u2019t bring herself to curtsy to King Charles\u2019 consort, despite royal protocol.\u00a0 Patrick Smith<\/p>\n Britain\u2019s King Charles and Queen Camilla, Prince George, Annabel Elliot, sister of Queen Camilla, and Fiona Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne stand on the Buckingham Palace balcony following their coronation ceremony in London, Britain May 6, 2023. REUTERS<\/p>\n Historically, women were expected to curtsy to the King or Queen the first time they saw them on any given day. Customs such as this have relaxed over the years, with even the royal family\u2019s website stating, \u201cThere are no obligatory codes of behaviour when meeting The Queen or a member of the Royal Family.\u201d <\/p>\n However, the site also states, \u201c[M]any people wish to observe the traditional forms,\u201d adding, \u201cFor men this is a neck bow (from the head only) whilst women do a small curtsy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Members of the royal family and members of the royal household, however, almost always (if not always) curtsy to the sovereign and their consort, making Elliot\u2019s position even more remarkable given that she is one of Queen Camilla\u2019s \u201ccompanions\u201d (the contemporary equivalent of a \u201clady-in-waiting\u201d).\u00a0<\/p>\n Members of the royal family and members of the royal household, however, almost always (if not always) curtsy to the sovereign and their consort, making Elliot\u2019s position even more remarkable given that she is one of Queen Camilla\u2019s \u201ccompanions\u201d (the contemporary equivalent of a \u201clady-in-waiting\u201d).\u00a0 Chris Jackson<\/p>\n Curtsying aside, Elliot praised her sister when speaking with Hardman.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cObviously for [King Charles], it was always going to be,\u201d she told Hardman of Charles becoming monarch.\u00a0<\/p>\n As for her sister\u2019s unexpected ascendancy into public life, Elliot said, \u201cI think she\u2019s transitioned beautifully, actually. I mean, I sometimes look at her, and I can\u2019t really believe it.\u201d<\/p>\n Curtsying aside, Elliot (L) praised her sister Queen Camilla (C) when speaking with Hardman.\u00a0 Chris Jackson<\/p>\n The Queen\u2019s younger sister was reportedly her \u201crock\u201d during a trying 2024<\/a>. The literacy advocate mourned the death of her beloved dog, saw her husband and daughter-in-law battle cancer and suffered health problems of her own, including a bout of pneumonia.\u00a0<\/p>\n