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bending the knees

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bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting

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She curtseyed again, and would have blushed deeper, if she could have blushed deeper than she had blushed all this time.

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'Speak in French when you can't think of the English for a thing --turn out your toes as you walk--and remember who you are!' She did not wait for Alice to curtsey this time, but walked on quickly to the next peg, where she turned for a moment to say

Alice curtseyed again, as she was afraid from the Queen's tone that she was a LITTLE offended: and they walked on in silence till they got to the top of the little hill.

'You SHOULD have said,' '"It's extremely kind of you to tell me all this"--however, we'll suppose it said--the Seventh Square is all forest--however, one of the Knights will show you the way--and in the Eighth Square we shall be Queens together, and it's all feasting and fun!' Alice got up and curtseyed, and sat down again.

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"And here's a candle, Mum, and if you please, Mum, I can show you her room, Mum, and the press in the housekeeper's room, Mum, where she keeps heaps and heaps of things, Mum," cried out the eager little Hester with a profusion of curtseys.

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"It's this as has brought me, good gentlemen," she said, dropping another curtsey; "a gold wedding ring in the Brixton Road.

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The fun-loving princess then spent the night dancing with regulars and even showed the male drummer of the house band how to curtsey.

DO YOU KNOW WHO ONE IS? Princess Bea stopped by Scots bouncers

CURTSEY CALL By Order Of Her Royal Hemness the Queen, Kate has been told to get rid of those miniskirts.

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Later, she ended speculation about how she would handle the pomp of state occasions with a confident curtsey as she met the Queen.

Charles gets cosy with Madame Sarkozy

"I've always been a stickler for discipline and still expect the girls to curtsey and boys to bow.

KINGS HEATH : A life devoted to dancing; NORTHFIELD After 60 years, Shirley still calls the tune at 75

When guests are introduced they are to curtsey or bow, and when they shake hands it should be just the briefest of touches.

SCENTS THAT GET UP QUEEN MUM'S NOSE; But she'd like a racing tip, birthday visitors are told

We should stand tall and refuse to curtsey and bow down to anyone, including the Windsor family.

Stop bowing down; LETTERS

The Queen has already decided that ordinary folk shouldn't bow or curtsey to the royals.

Queen to axe royal titles

After gracing the cheering Meadowbank crowd with a curtsey, she said: "I was surprised how strong I was running."

Title glory for Yvonne

It was probably "nice to meet you" or something similarly inane, but I don't recall as I was preoccupied with my vow not to bow, or curtsey.

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