Royal Identities: Women’s Bodies in the Royal Family

This report delves into the lives of royal family women, discussing their family rules, dressing styles, social activities, and more. It explores the role of the Queen in the British government and sheds light on the social activities of royal family women in the UK. The report also touches upon the dressing style of royal women in the UK.

Royal Identities-
Women’s Bodies in
the Royal Family

Contents
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Topic............................................................................................................................................3
Questions......................................................................................................................................3
Literature Review.........................................................................................................................3
The role of Queen in the British Government..............................................................................4
Social activities of Royal Family women in UK.........................................................................5
Dressing style of Royal Women in UK.......................................................................................6
CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Royal families are the heir family members or immediate members of the family of
queens/kings, sultans, emirs and etc. These families are the people who rule over the people.
This report discusses about a research which is performed upon the lives of royal family women.
The ceremonies, customs, costumes along with the social welfares the royal women indulge in
are all included in this research.
MAIN BODY
Topic
The research is about the women of Royal Families which includes their family rules,
their costume styles, their social activities and the like.
Questions
 What are the rules which the women of Royal Family follow?
 What kind of dressing style these women follow?
 What kind of behavior the Royal Women carries towards society?
 What social activities this social welfare undertakes?
Literature Review
 What are the ceremonies and rules which the women of Royal Family Follow?
According to Alexia Dellner, (2020), the Queen of the United Kingdom is not allowed to sit on
any of a foreign throne. Even the throne is from one of the seven kingdoms. The queen is only
allowed to sit on the throne which is belongs to the Royal Family only. The royal queen is not
allowed to give any kind of autographs and even they are not allowed to take or give selfies.
They are only supposing to click their photographs when other person is clicking it in a normal
way. The queen needs to accept all gifts which she is receiving very graciously even if it is very
lame to accept. Most interesting rule is that the royal family (including queen, king, prince,
princess, their kids and etc.) are not allowed to vote. It is the rule that they must be stay far away
from the politics. All the married queens or princess have to wear tiara upon their head. It is a
rule that in any ceremony the married women have to wear tiara only after that they must attend
their ceremonies. Curtsies is something which is highly encouraged among the Royal women.
They get fully trained about the way they need to communicate or talk before people. They all
are suppose to be very polite, must talk with smooth and low voice and needs to give respect to
all the people around them. The Royal family members do not eat garlic in their meals. Garlic is
something which is totally banned from their eating table (Andrew, 2019).
When it comes to ceremonies, there are plenty of them which the Queen attends and organize as
they come under their rituals. Investitures is a ceremony which is organized by The Royal
Family. In this event the people who have receive some kind of honor also receives an award
from the queen. The member or the person who is getting the award has to present they’re with
all his family members to take their insignia. The people who have receive this award from the
Queen must have accomplish something remarkable in their work. The people out of Britain and

United Kingdom territory are also included for giving this honorable award. Every year the
Queen organize the Garden Party in which she invites and welcomes over 30,000 people or
guests for spending a relaxed summer afternoon (Dolby, 2019). All through the country, a since
quite a while ago settled organization of backers is utilized to welcome visitors, who incorporate
Lord-Lieutenants, Societies and Associations, Government Departments, Local Government, the
Services, the Church and different Faiths. They assign visitors for greeting and we trust in this
manner to accomplish a delegate cross part of the local area. It is absurd to expect to get
solicitations to The Queen's Garden Parties through direct application to Buckingham Palace.
The Queen likewise gives consent for extra Garden Parties to be held, for instance to praise the
50th commemoration of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme in 2006, and the Territorial
Amy's 100th Anniversary in 2008. In 2006 to respect The Queen's 80th birthday celebration the
nurseries were changed into a scene from kids' books for the Children's Party at the Palace. In
2015 there were Garden Parties to commend the Centenary of the Women's Institute and Blind
Veterans UK.
As Head of State the Queen needs to remain carefully impartial regarding political issues. By
show, The Queen doesn't cast a ballot or represent political race, anyway Her Majesty has
significant stylized and formal parts comparable to the public authority of the UK. The
conventional expression 'Queen in Parliament' is utilized to depict the British lawmaking body,
which comprises of the Sovereign, the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The Queen's
obligations incorporate opening each new meeting of Parliament, conceding Royal Assent to
enactment, and favoring Orders and Proclamations through the Privy Council. The Queen
likewise has an extraordinary relationship with the Prime Minister, holding the option to choose
and furthermore meeting with that person consistently (Flemmen and Savage, 2017).
Notwithstanding assuming a particular part in the UK Parliament situated in London, The Queen
has formal jobs with connection to the lapsed gatherings of Scotland, Wales and Northern
Ireland.
The role of Queen in the British Government
According to S t e p h e n w o o d , (2020), The Queen stays the head of British express, the most
noteworthy agent of the United Kingdom on the public and worldwide stage. The top of the
British government, notwithstanding, is the Prime Minister. One fills in as an image of the
country and different fills in as the CEO of the public authority. In her job as head of state,
Queen Elizabeth II gives a customary discourse at the kickoff of each new Parliament and shows
up and addresses on siestas and unique events. The Queen stays in touch with the Prime Minister
and is routinely informed on exceedingly significant public issues, yet never freely says
something regarding political discussions—nor are any official conclusions up to her (Imo,
2017).
As the Royal Family has shed the greater part of its political forces, Queen Elizabeth, her
significant other and her youngsters have underscored their jobs in different altruistic
associations—the Queen is the nominal "supporter" of more than 600 foundations, albeit this job
comprises generally of causing to notice the causes. Her quality during a portion of the
extraordinary emergencies in late British history, including the COVID-19 pandemic, has drawn

recognition. As Britain's worldwide realm disintegrated in the wake of World War II, some of its
conventional settlements proclaimed freedom yet picked enter the Commonwealth of Nations, of
which the Queen stays the nonentity. Residents of Australia, Canada and numerous island
countries across the world view themselves as subjects of Queen Elizabeth, who broadly visited
13 of these "Province domains" in 1953. Elizabeth shows up on the money of a significant
number of these countries and her visits are normally a reason for festivity, yet her obligations
there, as in her nation of origin, are completely stylized (Longhurst, 2018). In a clear broad
political decision, the Queen would acknowledge the abdication of the active PM and afterward
train the approaching chief to frame an administration in her name - however this cycle is "put in
risk if there is vulnerability over the public authority being shaped".
In the event that no single ideological group wins a general lion's share in the House of
Commons, the Queen is left in a delicate position. She should be kept educated about any
exchanges to fabricate an alliance, yet can't practice any close to home attentiveness over the
decision of Downing Street's inhabitant. With no lion's share, the current PM is given the main
opportunity to make an administration, either by attempting to administer with a minority of MPs
or by shaping an alliance or "certainty and supply" course of action with another gathering or
gatherings. On the off chance that this falls flat, the biggest resistance is typically welcome to
attempt to do likewise. In 2010, as Gordon Brown endeavored to arrive at an arrangement with
the Liberal Democrats, the Queen "prominently eliminated herself to Windsor Castle to flag her
reluctance to have an influence in the development of another administration", composes Philip
Murphy, overseer of the London-based Institute of Commonwealth Studies, in an article on The
Conversation. When a PM is in office, the Queen meets with them week after week and offers
counsel (Maclaran and Otnes, 2020). She peruses the Queen's Speech to open Parliament, albeit
this is composed by the public authority, and in ordinary occasions her forces are normally
practiced on the guidance of the PM. Notwithstanding, as legal advisor David Allen Green wrote
in the Financial Times recently, "these are not ordinary occasions". Ahead of the pack up to the
31 October Brexit cutoff time, previous principal legal officer Dominic Grieve raised the
likelihood that the Queen could sack Boris Johnson on the off chance that he wouldn't conform
to Parliament's new enactment to evade a no-bargain exit from the EU. "This is currently
conceivable in sacred hypothesis and not incomprehensible in the odd legislative issues existing
apart from everything else”. Robert Hazell, teacher of government and constitution at University
College London, disclosed to The Guardian that the Queen could excuse a PM on the off chance
that the person in question lost a demonstration of majority disapproval and would not leave. "In
any case, she would possibly do as such if the House of Commons showed plainly who ought to
be selected as leader in his place," Hazell said. The Fixed-term Parliaments Act allows a 14-day
window after a demonstration of general disapproval to locate another PM fit for making sure
about the certainty of the Commons. Practically speaking, the Queen could request that another
political pioneer set up an elective organization that could win the certainty of parliament. "The
expulsion from office of the leader is understood”.
Social activities of Royal Family women in UK
According to Boylan, (2019), Individuals from the Royal Family uphold The Queen in her many
State and public obligations, just as completing significant work in the regions of public and

magnanimous assistance, and assisting with reinforcing public solidarity and strength. The
individuals who attempt official obligations are individuals from The Queen's nearby family: her
kids, grandkids and their life partners, and The Queen's cousins (the offspring of King George
VI's siblings) and their companions (Messamore, 2018). Consistently the Royal Family in
general completes more than 2,000 authority commitment all through the UK and around the
world. These commitments may incorporate authority State obligations. Individuals from the
Royal Family frequently complete authority obligations in the UK and abroad where The Queen
can't be available face to face. The Prince of Wales and The Princess Royal, for instance, may
give individuals from the public their distinctions at an Investiture.
At the point when official occasions, for example, gatherings, State meals and nursery parties are
held, the Royal Family bolsters The Queen in making her visitors welcome. Individuals from the
Royal Family likewise regularly speak to The Queen and the country in Commonwealth or
different nations, at occasions, for example, State memorial services or public celebrations, or
through longer visits to fortify Britain's political and monetary relations. The Royal Family
likewise assumes a significant part in supporting and empowering general society and good
cause areas. Around 3,000 associations list an individual from the Royal Family as benefactor or
president. The colossal scope of these associations - covering each subject from instruction to the
climate, medical clinics to lodging - permits individuals from the Royal Family to meet
individuals from a wide range of public and neighborhood life, and to comprehend their
inclinations, issues and concerns. 2,000: the quantity of true commitment did by the Royal
Family every year in the UK and abroad. 70,000: the quantity of individuals engaged every year
to suppers, snacks, gatherings and nursery parties at the Royal homes. 100,000: the quantity of
letters got and addressed every year by the Royal Family. A few individuals from the Royal
Family have likewise settled their own causes - for instance, The Prince's Trust, The Duke of
Edinburgh's Award Scheme and The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, a foundation which gives
guidance and backing to individuals going about as carers (Palmer and Long, 2018). The Royal
Family likewise assumes a significant part in perceiving and supporting crafted by the Armed
Services. Individuals from the Royal Family have official associations with numerous units of
the Forces, paying customary visits to warriors, mariners and pilots serving at home and abroad.
At last, the Royal Family in general assumes a part in fortifying public solidarity. Individuals
from the Royal Family can perceive and partake in local area and neighborhood occasions in all
aspects of the UK, from the launch of new structures to festivities or demonstrations of
celebration. The Queen working without anyone else would be not able to go to each
commitment to which she is welcomed. Individuals from the Royal Family can attempt nearby or
expert commitment which would somehow or another must be declined.
Dressing style of Royal Women in UK
According to lauren adhav, (2019), Purses are a typical extra during illustrious excursions where
a great deal of meeting and welcome happens. As indicated by regal master Myka Meier of
Beaumont Etiquette, you can generally spot Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton holding their
handbags in their left hands, basically so their correct hand is allowed to wave, shake hands, and
welcome people in general. Clearly, the queen leans towards skirts and dresses to pants, which
may be the explanation Her Majesty is scarcely ever shot in jeans and Kate and Meghan

generally wear dresses and skirts to imperial occasions. Princess Diana was likewise known for
wearing tuxedo suits to occasions, so while Her Majesty doesn't lean toward the style, it doesn't
appear to be totally restricted. As per Diana Mather from The English Manner behavior
consultancy, pants are just permitted at the most easygoing of occasions and appearances. In the
event that the duchess is outside strolling the canines, for instance, at that point pants are fine. In
the event that you're imperial—or wedding into the illustrious fam—at that point the queen will
give her endorsement of your wedding dress, as is convention. Obviously, Queen Elizabeth
needed to favor of Kate Middleton's Alexander McQueen outfit in 2011, and she did likewise
with Meghan Markle's dress for her wedding to Prince Harry (Patel and et al., 2018). Each time
Queen Elizabeth or Kate Middleton ventures out in broad daylight, their nail tone is consistently
impartial. They either wear unpretentious pinks or clear clean when on true business, in light of
the fact that solitary regular looking nails are permitted at imperial occasions. To show this point,
kindly see the duchess' regular nails while she's taking a drink of brew. Headbands are worn
uniquely to the fanciest of imperial occasions, and commonly, they're worn unexpectedly by
ladies. Kate Middleton acquired Queen Elizabeth's Cartier Halo headband for her wedding to
Prince William in 2011, and she has even worn Princess Diana's headdress on a few events.
Wearing a headdress is an advantage held for wedded ladies as it were. It flags the delegated of
affection and the deficiency of honesty to marriage, Geoffrey Munn, creator of Tiaras - A
History of Splendor, said in a meeting with Forbes. The family headband was worn by the lady
of the hour, and from that second onwards, it was the husband to gems she was required to wear.
It was a subtle prompt that she had moved from her own family to another. the queen is never
without a satchel, and that is on the grounds that she utilizes it to impart signs to her staff. For
instance, when she needs to leave supper, basically setting her sack on top of the table tells her
assistants the gathering is finishing in no time and she's prepared to withdraw (Rawnsley, 2018).

Additionally, when she's in discussion and changes her handbag to her other hand, it implies she
might want to respectfully wrap it up. It would be stressing in the event that you were conversing
with the queen and saw the satchel move from one hand to the next. Kate Middleton regularly
holds her packs before her with two hands when shaking hands may be off-kilter, Meier
disclosed to Good Housekeeping. This is the reason Meghan Markle's sacks, which normally
have a shoulder tie or top handle, appear to be strange with regards to convention. Be that as it
may, as indicated by Meier, the sort of pack worn relies upon the event. As we see Meghan
going to more conventional occasions, we are probably going to see her embellishing with more
grips. For fundamentally every proper event, the queen wears a cap that consummately
coordinates her splendid outfit. Obviously, this comes from an exceptionally old convention that
ladies should keep their hair covered. Up until the 1950s, women were extremely only
occasionally seen without a cap as it was not considered 'the thing' for women to show their hair
out in the open. The queen evidently demands that caps be worn to formal commitment, for
example, weddings and christenings, which could clarify the regal family's affection for
fascinators and stunning headwear. One of the bleaker principles is that an extra dark outfit is
constantly required on the off chance that an individual from the family passes on. Along these
lines, when they show up back in the UK, they are dressed suitably to fit the dismal event. Queen
Elizabeth shows up, all of which as a rule require heels or dressy shoes. Since she's continually
on her feet, having somebody to break from her point of view implies she skirts all the awkward
scouring and rankles that accompany wearing new shoes (Rose, 2019). While abroad, it's normal
practice for the illustrious family to honor the country they are visiting by wearing the public
tone or brandishing an important insignia. For instance, Kate wore this maple-leaf cap during a
visit to Ottawa on Canada Day. Royals wear military dress at state events and extraordinary
occasions, similar to Remembrance Day, Trooping the Color, or any help regarding the British
soldiers, and have since the nineteenth century (Toseland, 2018).
CONCLUSION
From the research performed above, it has been found that the women of royal family are
provided with training in which they teach about the royal curtsies, dressings, rituals, behavior,
social activities and much more. The Queen also have an immense role to play with respect to
the working of government despite of the fact that they are not allowed to vote as they need to be
away from politics.

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