PENALTIES FOR OFFENDING ROYALTY.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 355, 26 April 1911, Page 3

PENALTIES FOR OFFENDING ROYALTY.

. -» The greatest social offence is to do anything which incurs the direct displeasure of either the King or Queen. There is, to be sure, no legal penalty for doing so, but the man or woman who intentionally offers offence to their Majesties ceases, of course, to have any longer the social recognition of their Sovereigns. There is a large volume in the keeping of the Lord Chamberlain which contains the names of all persons who are on the official list. The degree of intimacy with the Sovereign which some of the people whose names are found in this volume are privileged to enjoy is, of course, much greater than others, but all, at any rate, are socially recognised by the King and Queen, and all receive command invitations to meet their Majesties at least once a year to some entertainment cither at Buckingham Palace ■jt Windsor Castle. Through some of the names in the volume there is, however, drawn a Icep blue pencil line which indicates that their Majesties have ceased to know that particular person, which means absolute social extinction for the individual, duke or commoner, rich or poor. If the offender happens to he a man he is at once, asked to remove his name from the list of members of :>very club of repute to which he may belong, and if be chances to be an otlicor in the Army or Navy, or a member of the diplomatic service, he is asked to resign. His nome is removed from the visiting lists of ;very person in society, and he is subjected to a social boycott that is absolute and complete—"Strand Magazine."