Princess Anne Wont Let Queen Camilla Break Royal Protocol [Video]

Princess Anne had a by-the-royal-rulebook response when her sister-in-law Queen Camilla asked her to break royal protocol.

The two women had a rare joint engagement on Wednesday, Nov. 20 when the Princess Royal, 74 — who is also Chancellor of the University of London — presented the Queen, 77, with an honorary doctorate of literature for her promotion of literacy and literature over many years.

Shortly after the two arrived at the University of London, Queen Camilla invited Princess Anne to enter the room before her, where they were due to meet the other four recipients of the University of London’s honorary doctorate awarded alongside the Queen. But, according to The Daily Express, Princess Anne — long a student of royal protocol — “smiled and politely refused, allowing Camilla to enter first.”