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Obama Botches Meeting with British PM

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keeping it simple3/08/2009 12:02:43 pm PDT

I’m late getting into this subject but thought I throw this out there.

I’ve always been under the impression that a Head of State (and spouse) are not required to curtsy to another Head of State.

Jacqueline Kennedy did not when JFK was alive but when Prince Philip attended the funeral and called on Mrs. Kennedy at the WH on the afternoon of the burial, Mrs. Kennedy curtsied and when questioned about it later explained, “I’m no longer the wife of a Head of State”

(Paraphrased from Wm. Manchester’s book “Death of a President”.)

I’m fairly certain it isn’t required in any case. Mrs. Kennedy must have chosen to do so because she thought it was the polite thing to do.