A lot of people still believe in superstitions and taboos. But since we sometimes see the Royal Family as those people that we see in fairytales, we don’t consider the fact that they can be as normal as the rest of us.
Queen Elizabeth is a great example to prove that Royal Family members are just regular people with titles. Royal commentator Phil Dampier claimed that Her Majesty believes in superstitions as most people do.
He even said that the Queen has some strict rules when she hosts a banquet. “She won’t let 13 people sit down at a dinner table,” Dampier shared. Although having 13 people in one table is not a superstition that Her Majesty believes in, she considers the idea that some of her guests may be a believer.
As if that’s not enough, Queen Elizabeth also requires everything to be as perfect as possible. While those banquets look elegant, classy, and chill, it takes five days to set the table for a state banquet at Buckingham Palace.
As Queen Elizabeth and other guests enjoy their meal, the people who worked behind the scene probably had a full-on panic attack to reach the Queen’s standards because everything should be on point. One of those strict requirements is for each diner to have a precise area of 45 cm. for their place setting.
While that already sounded surprising, Queen Elizabeth’s alleged strict rule has nothing on the royal commentator’s next revelation. Phil Dampier added that Her Majesty does believe in ghosts and has several lucky charms in her handbag.”
Meanwhile, these formal meal events are very unpredictable, and the Palace staff go above and beyond to make sure of Queen Elizabeth’s safety. Since there is a possibility that someone might poison the Queen during the banquet, Her Majesty doesn’t have a specific plate. So those who would attempt to poison her wouldn’t know which plate she’s going to use during the meal.
“After everything is plated up, a page chooses at random one of the plates to be served to Her Majesty,” Royal correspondent Emily Andrews said. “So if anyone did want to poison the monarch, they’d have to poison the whole lot.”
Emily Andrews also added that guests are expected to follow the rules during these lavish banquets at the palace. “You do not sit down until the Queen sits down. When she starts eating, then you can start eating,” she continued. “Traditionally, you’d have to have finish eating by the time the Queen would finish eating.”
