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Obama Bows Down to Saudi King Abdullah

Arab News: Royal court officials now instruct visitors who wish to greet the king and other elderly princes that the greeting should be a handshake rather than a kiss. Nonetheless, despite the king’s order, some citizens still insist on kissing the shoulder or hand of the king, the crown prince and other princes.

Miss Manners: “One does not bow or curtsy to a foreign monarch because the gesture symbolizes recognition of her power over her subjects.”


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