Queen Máxima is being severely criticized by Rick Evers, the royalty expert who has also sat on the barstool of Today Inside a few times. “In this photo she is putting her bag on the table!”
It will be a tough pill for Queen Máxima, because she is confronted with one by royalty journalist Rick Evers faux pas. “The queen caught,” reads the headline of his column in the Weekend. What’s going on? Rick now knows more about royal etiquette than the queen herself and that’s why he gives her a good spanking.
Etiquette videos
Why Rick knows so much about etiquette? He regularly watches videos on TikTok. “There are etiquette videos on Instagram and TikTok by the British William Hanson. He is funny, cynical and more English than English. His videos have been viewed hundreds of millions of times,” he writes.
There is also direct contact between Rick and this etiquette expert. “We occasionally have digital contact with each other and we met in person at Hotel Des Indes, where he gave an etiquette dinner for participants in a protocol training.”
Very interesting
It is very interesting to know more about that, says Rick. “Maybe it’s old-fashioned, but with the basics in mind you can go anywhere.”
For example, Rick now knows that you should never stick out your pinky finger when drinking tea. “And also when you go to the toilet and how you report this to your table companions. And where do you, as a lady, leave your purse? Behind you, on the chair, William replied.”
Maxima caught
And that’s where things go completely wrong for Queen Máxima, according to Rick. He has several photos in his hands showing how she simply places her handbag next to her on the table during official meetings, as if she were having dinner at Loetje’s.
Really very serious, says the royalty expert. “I ‘caught’ Queen Máxima several times at a state banquet that her clutch was just lying next to her plate. A queen would know, right? Good example to follow…”