Given the criticism that Jeremy Corbyn received when he failed to sing God Save the Queen at a Battle of Britain memorial service, the Labour leader faces a new dilemma when he is sworn into the Privy council.
Although it is custom to get on bended knee and kiss the Queen’s hand, the republican politician is said to be undecided over whether to adhere to this. However, according to John Prescott he may already be spared from one part of the ceremony. Speaking on the Sunday Politics,the former deputy Prime Minister told Andrew Neil that the ceremony does not actually require any kneeling, instead it consists of a fair amount of hopping:
‘When I was first asked to join the Privy Council by John Major I said I didn’t want to do it, he said why? Cos you have to kneel and kiss her hand. I didn’t want to do that, I thought it was a stupid arrangement, I still think it should go.
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