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Originally Posted by MacBean
Difference in culture perhaps? Americans, historically at least, don't recognize titles from kings and queens to knights and ladies. There isn't any reason they should dress for the occasion as there is no special occasion. Oh, OK, they of course, realize that he's special in the UK, but I doubt concepts of protocol make sense here. After all, that is one of the things we fought for in the Revolution (and we do call it the Revolution rather than the War of Independence).


Not this American citizen, who always shows respect to our mother country and our Commonwealth cousins.

T.
I am with you there, Todd. Americans certainly DO recognize titles; we just don't have them for ourselves. The last time I checked, the President of the US still calls the Queen of Canada when she visits the US "Your Majesty", rather than "Ms Windsor"!