I enjoyed the scene showing the arrival of the Kennedys and their introduction to Elizabeth and Philip. The commentary made by the two palace staff is hilarious. The Kennedys enter with Jackie leading ("President first, President first"). Jackie addresses Elizabeth as Your Majesty and shakes her hand (“no curtsy!", "no curtsy."). She then addresses Philip as Your Grace, ("Your Royal Highness." :asterisk_symbol:eye roll). Then John has his turn. "Good evening Your Royal Majesty," he says, with twinkling eyes and a hand shake ("oh, dear" :asterisk_symbol:anxiety over the blunders builds). Then he also calls Prince Philip Your Grace ("Did they not get the protocol sheet?", "Yes. They obviously didn’t read it."). Finally the Queen politely ends the awkward palaver by saying "Shall we?", to which JFK nods, says, "Jackie?", and Jackie starts walking into the dining room ahead of the other three. Wow :joy:. Elizabeth shoes such impeccable manners by following her, intuiting that JFK clearly intends to converse with "His Grace" alone (you ladies run along now, the men are taking)! The palace officials end their commentary as one says, "Sorry Sir" to which the other replies "A shambles!". Response? "Indeed". I suspect you have to be British (I’m Australian but lived in London during my 20s) to appreciate the hilarity of the scene - I’m sad for Americans, who may find this scene difficult to understand. introduced to Prince Philip, JFK
Review by AlixBlockedParent2022-10-19T02:20:24Z
I enjoyed the scene showing the arrival of the Kennedys and their introduction to Elizabeth and Philip. The commentary made by the two palace staff is hilarious. The Kennedys enter with Jackie leading ("President first, President first"). Jackie addresses Elizabeth as Your Majesty and shakes her hand (“no curtsy!", "no curtsy."). She then addresses Philip as Your Grace, ("Your Royal Highness." :asterisk_symbol:eye roll). Then John has his turn. "Good evening Your Royal Majesty," he says, with twinkling eyes and a hand shake ("oh, dear" :asterisk_symbol:anxiety over the blunders builds). Then he also calls Prince Philip Your Grace ("Did they not get the protocol sheet?", "Yes. They obviously didn’t read it."). Finally the Queen politely ends the awkward palaver by saying "Shall we?", to which JFK nods, says, "Jackie?", and Jackie starts walking into the dining room ahead of the other three. Wow :joy:. Elizabeth shoes such impeccable manners by following her, intuiting that JFK clearly intends to converse with "His Grace" alone (you ladies run along now, the men are taking)! The palace officials end their commentary as one says, "Sorry Sir" to which the other replies "A shambles!". Response? "Indeed". I suspect you have to be British (I’m Australian but lived in London during my 20s) to appreciate the hilarity of the scene - I’m sad for Americans, who may find this scene difficult to understand.
introduced to Prince Philip, JFK