That's sure the way he comes across on TV!
But to be fair to his eminence, so far, I have not seem him insist that someone kiss his ring..
/S
When he was in power, he essentially demanded that EVERYONE ‘kiss his ring’ ;-)
Here’s Zowie in some of his charming moments - and it doesn’t matter if you buy-into the alternative theories of people like Bauval, Hancock, Sheldrake, or not; this is not how a man who purports himself to be a civilized scholar conducts himself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ziu2ygE_Wc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4NnCAZcxHg