KING HENRY V: O Kate, nice customs curtsy to great kings. Dear Kate, you and I cannot be confined within the weak list of a country’s fashion: we are the makers of manners, Kate; and the liberty that follows our places stops the mouth of all find-faults;(...) (Shakespeare, Henri V., Act 5 Scene 2)
I guess, we shouldn´t take some rules more seriously than those who live it...
--Previous Message-- : : : On the very evening of the official, : nation-wide farewell party in honour of her : mother-in-law, who was Queen for 33 years? : Sorry to say but I think this is simply 'not : done' and Maxima should have known that the : place of honour & all attention were to : go to the former (reigning) Queen ! : This is soooooo nouveau-riche ! : Sorry to hurt your feelings :