Etiquette with members of the Imperial family

Etiquette with members of the Imperial family

The House Concordat is over 50,000 years old and as rulers of the Imperium have acquired many procedures and traditions over the centuries. Here is a brief list of the proper forms with any of the four million members of the Imperial.

Never turn one's back on them

Always bow, never shake hands or touch them.

Avoid showing one's teeth to them, cover one's mouth when smiling.

Avoid showing the palms of one hands or the soles of one feet to them.

Never use contractions in one's speech or written when addressing them. Would not, instead of wouldn’t. Should not, instead of shouldn’t. Was not, instead of wasn’t.

Do not refer to a noble, royal, Imperium flag officer or Imperium official using a pronoun, unless you referred to them by name and title already in the same sentence. 'The Emperor is enraged, he wants blood to be paid.' is acceptable use of a pronoun. Truly it should more properly be 'The Emperor is enraged, His Majesty wants blood to be paid.'

When referring to a noble or royal in writing they should be capitalized.

Before entering the residence or office of one of the Imperial Family, one must present one's card to the staff. The card should have your name, title and contact information.

Red should never be used on any document presented to an Imperial Family member.

All gifts to an Imperial family member must not contain anything sharp. Knives and swords will be sharpened later by their staff.

Avoid sending flower arrangements with odd numbers of flowers.

Avoid four of anything being presented to an Imperial family member.

During a visit introductions will be done by order of precedence and rank The Reformed Short List of Titles is acceptable for this.

When dinning with an Imperial Family member, never use one's left hand to bring food to one's mouth.

Also never ask for a refile of your water glass during the meal, just wait for the staff to notice and do it themselves.

Music and art are unwelcome topics at the dinning table with an Imperial Family member.

Never mention what one has had for breakfast with them.

Avoid using words beginning with the letter X with them.

Try to move about the room in a clockwise fashion.

If an Imperial Family members, stumbles, falls or otherwise has an accident, do not mention it if possible. Only offer them assistance when their staff is unavailable.

If one is a single woman visiting with an Imperial family member "avoid the appearance of evil" unfortunately we can not define that in any useful terms.

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