Donald Trump broke royal protocol not once but twice while meeting Queen Elizabeth II

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Donald Trump defied protocol, not once, but twice when he met the Queen on Friday. The POTUS was destroyed on Twitter after he was seen walking in front of Elizabeth II as she was inspecting a guard of honour of the Coldstream Guards. The Queen had been further rebuked after he and the First Lady, Melania Trump, again defied protocol when they greeted her by refusing to bow or curtsy. Instead, they opted to shake hands. Although bowing and curtsying is not a mandatory practice, it is thought to be good manners and almost everyone who meets the Queen does it. Not Trump, though, apparently. The monarchy’s official guidance says that there are no obligatory codes of behaviour when meeting the Queen and that it's all down to personal choice. “For men this is a neck bow (from the head only) whilst women do a small curtsy. Other people prefer simply to shake hands in the usual way,” it says online. Here's what people had to say about the whole thing... https://twitter.com/JoGasiorowska/status/1017802768994598912 https://twitter.com/msevereddin/status/1017979575794454528 https://twitter.com/WattyRacing/status/1017806382349914114 https://twitter.com/MelanieBurstall/status/1017837471869087745 https://twitter.com/millikarno/status/1018044360703832065 https://twitter.com/KieranMilward/status/1018035059532627968 The news that Trump disrespected the Queen comes after he was greeted by large scale protests in London ahead of his visit. Yesterday, a 20-foot-tall "Trump Baby" blimp was flown above Parliament Square with Trump responding to the inflatable and saying it made him feel "unwelcome" in London.