Royal Family News: Princess Diana Often Broke This Rule, Snubbing The Queen In The Process 

British royal family news reveals that the monarchy thrives on tradition and protocol. When one is brought up in the institution the rules and regulations likely become second nature, as natural as breathing. But what happens when one marries into the royal family? Looking at you Meghan Markle.

Meghan’s late mother-in-law Princess Diana was also a newbie to royal protocols and procedures and apparently there was one breach that didn’t escape her own mother-in-law’s eye. What did Queen Elizabeth find rather tawdry about Diana, at least during the time she remained ensconced at the palace?

Princess Diana Was Not One For Small Talk

As Meghan infamously noted in her horrendous tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey, the royal family is royal even in private. Which means that even when they are at home and enjoying down time, there are still rules to follow. For example, Meghan was allegedly unable to grasp the concept that one bows to the queen and that there is a pecking order.

Similarly, it seems that Diana was unable to live by a royal customary rule that is practiced around bedtime at the royal residences. What is that rule?

Princess Diana Broke a Royal Family Rule

According to My London, when the royal family is gathered in the queen’s presence, “it is customary for everyone to wait until the Queen has gone to bed before doing so themselves. This is done as a mark of precedence and respect for the host.”

That sounds all well and good if one is a night owl because as the outlet notes, “the Queen is well-known for going to bed later than expected.”

What Did Princess Diana Struggle With At the Palace?

As a royal source recounted, “For Diana the long royal evenings were agony, there’d be an hour or so in the sitting room of everyone sitting around making conversation. And Diana was driven to such extremes that she’d excuse herself and go to bed, which was thought to be rather bad form, going to bed before the Queen.”

Apparently the Queen still likes to stay up late! As 2021 came to an end her health was often in question. One of the reasons sources gave for this was her habit of staying up late at night and apparently not getting enough sleep. It was reported that the Queen loves to watch late night TV and one chatty palace insider told The Times that the Queen was “knackered” by staying up late. At one point she was hospitalized for one night in a London hospital for “preliminary tests.”

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