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curtsy to

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curtsy to someone
[for a woman] to dip or bow in deference to someone. Of course, I curtsied to the queen! Do you think I'm an anarchist? The little girls curtsied after they did their dance number.


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Well how about a rare pat-on-the-back over claims in a new book that the Royal Family loathe her because she's republican, anti-hunting, allergic to corgis and won't curtsy to the Queen.
While we continue to bow and curtsy to Mrs Windsor, and while there is a social divide wedged open by Mrs Windsor, we will never have a democracy.
AS Camilla rises to become the second most senior female royal after the Queen, less senior royals will be expected to bow or curtsy to her.
 
 
 
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