The Queen 'told off' Lewis Hamilton for bad table manners during celebration lunch
dailyrecord.co.ukFormula 1 star Lewis Hamilton once got a telling-off from The Queen over his bad etiquette at a Buckingham Palace lunch. The decorated racing driver has met the royal family on several occasions, with the most recent late last year, when he was knighted by the then- Prince of Wales, King Charles III.
But one of his earliest honours was handed out by Queen Elizabeth II herself back in 2009. Hamilton, who had been made an MBE, was invited to an intimate lunch event to celebrate, reports the Mirror.Hamilton had earlier been told by Her Majesty that she was a fan, and that she had been cheering him on the previous year when he snatched the 2008 title at the dramatic Brazilian Grand Prix.
But that didn't save him from her pointing out his bad table manners.As the racer revealed in a TV interview, he had been just one of eight guests at the table with The Queen.
And he had no chance of getting away with anything that was not protocol, given that he had the honour of being seated next to the monarch herself.The Queen's usual unwritten rule was to seat herself next to the male guest considered to be the most important, while her husband Prince Philip did the same with a female guest of his choosing.
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