With the Royal Wedding coming up, naturally, there has been a lot in the news about Meghan Markle recently and how she is quickly learning her future ‘acting’ role – and who better to learn from than Kate Middleton: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.
Anyway, one of the things which I found very interesting, which I hadn’t actually picked up on before, was the ‘duchess slant’.
“The knees and ankles are clasped firmly tighter and the legs are slanted to the side, creating a flattering silhouette.”
“Typically the ‘duchess slant’ is used when a lady has to sit for an extended amount of time while keeping poise and posture,” says Myka Meier, royal etiquette expert and founder and director of Beaumont Etiquette. “It is the perfect pose for when a camera is shooting directly in front of you because by slightly slanting the knees to create a zig-zag effect when wearing a dress or skirt, your legs are angled so that the camera only shoots the sides of your legs and protects your modesty.”
And so with that in mind, it was time for some Afternoon Tea…
.. in the Drawing Room…
.. where one practiced…
.. and practiced…
.. and practiced one’s pose…
.. before the ladies arrived…
.. to show us how it was done…
.. to perfection, at the Killarney Park Hotel in the Irish County of Kerry – from Dianne, Claudio…
.. and me 
