Meghan Markle will have to change the way she eats when she joins the royal family

[Teh One Who Knocks]

By Zoe Forsey, Social Audience Writer - The Mirror




Meghan Markle is undergoing extensive training as she prepares to become a member of our royal family.

She's learning the correct etiquette, protocol and posture , and Prince Harry is even teaching her how to drive on the right side of the road .

But there's another big thing she'll need to master before she walks up the aisle in May - how to use her cutlery.

Apparently there's a 'proper' way to do it, and we expect she - like most of us - hasn't been doing it correctly.

Apparently one should never use the fork to scoop food up.

Instead the knife should be used to push food onto the back of the fork, and it should be eaten for there.

This is obviously rather difficult for some foods, such as peas, but the Debretts website has a way around the problem.

It states: "It may be necessary to use mashed potato to make peas stick to the fork but it is incorrect to turn the fork over and scoop."

But that's not all, and there are some other cutlery rules Meghan will have to follow.

One is pretty obvious - only the fork and spoon should go in the mouth. That means no stabbing stuff with the knife and going straight in, and definitely no licking.

There are some foods that should only be eaten with a fork, including pasta and some types of fish.



You should never hold your knife like a pen, but instead the handle should lie in the palm of the hand secured by the thumb and index finger.

It's also considered extremely rude to ask for a steak knife if you're at someone's house for dinner as it suggests the meat is too tough, but it's acceptable if you're in a restaurant.

[Muddy]

By Zoe Forsey, Social Audience Writer - The Mirror




Meghan Markle is undergoing extensive training as she prepares to become a member of our royal family.

and Prince Harry is even teaching her how to drive on the right side of the road .

They meant to say left side of the road..

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They meant to say left side of the road..

The mirror is outsourcing their journalism to China

[Teh One Who Knocks]

They meant to say left side of the road..

Or they meant right = correct

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Or they meant right = correct

I think you're right...as in, correct

[The Monk]

They meant to say left side of the road..

That is the "right" side of the road...

[DemonGeminiX]

There's 16 of these videos. I was taught this junk when I was a little kid, but I've never been held to it. Subsequently, I've let it go. I suppose if I came from money, I'd know it like the back of my hand.

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There's 16 of these videos. I was taught this junk when I was a little kid, but I've never been held to it. Subsequently, I've let it go. I suppose if I came from money, I'd know it like the back of my hand.

Poor bastard

[Noilly Pratt]

Try growing up in a British household. I learnt all this and do it naturally.

[DemonGeminiX]

Try growing up in a British household. I learnt all this and do it naturally.

Seriously? Do you switch hands or keep the fork in your left? Aside from playing guitar, I'm so completely uncoordinated with my left hand that I'd probably end up stabbing myself in the eye with my fork if I held to proper dining etiquette.

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Try growing up in a British household. I learnt all this and do it naturally.

Poor bastard

[DemonGeminiX]

Poor bastard

Poor bastard

You know, that's the sort of thing that might make or break you, if you're trying to make a first impression at an initial business dinner with high value clients. I know it sounds ridiculous, but if you're wooing that kind of client, boorish table manners will scare them off. The higher class look down their noses at people that don't know classical proper etiquette.

[Noilly Pratt]

You know, that's the sort of thing that might make or break you, if you're trying to make a first impression at an initial business dinner with high value clients. I know it sounds ridiculous, but if you're wooing that kind of client, boorish table manners will scare them off. The higher class look down their noses at people that don't know classical proper etiquette.

It's very true. I was working for a Japanese-based firm and we were out at this very fine restaurant for the Christmas party. Normally, I eat how I eat, but since it was drummed into me at an early age how to eat "properly" my brain went into auto-pilot mode and probably did it mostly correct (put the food in your mouth, put the cutlery down between bites etc).

The big boss visiting from Japan said something in Japanese to my boss, and he said afterwards that he thought I must be British by the way I held my cutlery!

I remember as a kid asking why I had to learn this, as we were now in Canada and my dad's cryptic reply was "there is a rhyme and a reason for everything. You will need this skill sometime in your life". Thanks, Dad...it actually furthered my career a little bit.

[The Monk]

It's very true. I was working for a Japanese-based firm and we were out at this very fine restaurant for the Christmas party. Normally, I eat how I eat, but since it was drummed into me at an early age how to eat "properly" my brain went into auto-pilot mode and probably did it mostly correct (put the food in your mouth, put the cutlery down between bites etc).

The big boss visiting from Japan said something in Japanese to my boss, and he said afterwards that he thought I must be British by the way I held my cutlery!

I remember as a kid asking why I had to learn this, as we were now in Canada and my dad's cryptic reply was "there is a rhyme and a reason for everything. You will need this skill sometime in your life". Thanks, Dad...it actually furthered my career a little bit.

Probably helps too if your a "brown noser".....

[lost in melb.]

You know, that's the sort of thing that might make or break you, if you're trying to make a first impression at an initial business dinner with high value clients. I know it sounds ridiculous, but if you're wooing that kind of client, boorish table manners will scare them off. The higher class look down their noses at people that don't know classical proper etiquette.

A good thing I'm not in the business world. I come from a family of Wolfers.

About the only thing I can manage is elbows tucked in. Eating dessert like this makes you look like a complete wanker though.