You’re right. I forgot he retired. It occurs to me that Prince Phillip has a reputation for being blunt, and saying the wrong thing at times, not unlike President Trump.
Is it still protocol to bow and curtsey to the Queen?
I’m not an expert but most people attempt some kind of bow or curtsey in recognition of her Royalty. I was kind of proud, in a 1776 sort of way, when they stood straight and shook her hand. Yes Phillip was famous for his faux pas. You’re probably correct that the Queen would be right at home with our President. Mind you, I’ll never forget the photos of her being a truck mechanic/driver during WWII before her daddy died. A country girl all the way.
“Is it still protocol to bow and curtsey to the Queen?”
Not for Americans, it’s not! Tho nowadays she receives more “head bows” and The Donald DID do a head bow. Still there were those usual casts of twitter characters all atwitter about the Trumps’ failure to bow to the Queen.