Theresa May criticised for crooked lunge curtsy technique with Royals

Theresa May has hit the headlines again for the curtsy she rolls out for members of the Royal family.

Instead of an elegant bob, the Prime Minister’s curtsy looks more like a crooked lunge, leaving the Duke of Cambridge a little nonplussed at Amiens Cathedral yesterday.

In June, Mrs May treated William to a similar display at a ceremony at the Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre with her long legs splayed out awkwardly.

According to English etiquette bible Debrett’s, wom- 0 The Duke of Cambridge was at Amiens Cathedral yesterday

en should curtsy when being introduced to a member of the Royal family, then again when they leave.

It states, “To make a curtsy briefly bend your knees with one foot forward”, a move- ment the Prime Minister seems to struggle with.

Mrs May is not the first politician to over-egg her curtsy, Margaret Thatcher habitually dipped almost to a crouching position while greeting the Queen.

But it is not just the uninitiated that struggle.

Despite attending the exclusive Hurst Lodge preparatory school, Sarah Ferguson executed an awkward manoeuvre on her wedding day.

In a voluminous silk dress, the Duchess of York might as well have prostrated herself on the floor as she greeted her new mother-in-law, the Queen.