The Mercedes star met with the late Queen Elizabeth II, in 2009 when he received MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire). There, while meeting with her majesty, the Briton was said to have broken the royal protocol.
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Talking about this, the seven-time world champion conveyed during The Graham Norton Show, “I got invited to a lunch and was sitting next to The Queen. ‘I was excited and started to talk to her but she said, pointing to my left, “No, you speak that way first and I’ll speak this way and then I’ll come back to you”.
The former McLaren star further stated about her, “She is a sweet woman and we talked about how she spends her weekends, houses, and music. She is really cool.”
Much like Hamilton, LeBron James, and Spice Girl, Geri Halliwell also broke the protocol.
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However, it wasn’t the case, as Halliwell later insisted that she didn’t pinch, but just patted. “Patting him on the bottom was against royal protocol but we’re all human,” she later added.