Posted on 12/12/2006 5:09:17 AM PST by paudio
Basic Instinct star Sharon Stone has angered the people of Norway after breaking with royal protocol and upstaging the country's King and Queen at a banquet. Stone may have wanted to make a grand entrance at Sunday's dinner honoring the Nobel Peace Prize winners in Oslo, but ended up making a royal faux pas by arriving late. Royal protocol in Europe dictates that when a King and Queen attend an event, everyone is required to be in their seats when the royal couple make their entrance, making them the last to arrive. Stone offended the Norwegian royal couple by waltzing into the room 10 minutes after the couple, which has been interpreted by Norwegians as the actress declaring herself more important than the King. This year's event was especially significant because it marked the first time that Norway's King Harald V and Queen Sonja were invited to the annual Nobel Banquet at Oslo's Grand Hotel. Stone's late arrival offended several guests, with former palace official Carl-Erik Grimstad calling it a "violation" of international custom. He tells Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, "When the king is invited to such an event, guests need to have a very good reason for arriving after he does. I'm sure that if she didn't have a good reason, she'll be sorry about it."
But was she wearing underwear?
I'm sure that if she didn't have a good reason, she'll be sorry about it."
WE seriously doubt it.
Off with her head!
She's a fatuous airhead.
Norway has a queen? What's his name? I thought they all lived in London or on Castro Street in SF.
Regards, Ivan
someone is surprised about the ego of a Hollywood actress?? Get real. She couldn't give a rat's a$$.
The Horror of it all. It sounds like a passage from a Jane Austin novel.
She is</I> a fatuous airhead, but how is an American expected to know about details of European protocol?
I'm glad we don't have royalty here in America.
I prefer respect be earned and not a birthright.
(That's a good thing.)
L
Rust?
Madonna looks like a man baby...
Regards, Ivan
I doubt Sharon knew the rules ,or that if she did she would make an effort to obey them.
This is what Happens when Royalty is exposed to White Trash.
Protocol doesnt mean much to many Americans,and Hollyweird people make their own rules. They think THEY are Royalty. so Please: Those who were offended? Just chalk it up to ignorance.
We have royalty here. They want renewable energy as long is doesn't obstruct their views from their compounds on Martha's Vineyard or Santa Barbara.
I am confused...should I be mad at Sharon Stone? Or should I tell the "royals" to kiss my royally American @$$?
Who cares! She is more important than these guys. (Of course she ain's too important either.)
Why was Sharon Stone even invited to this celebration of the Nobel Peace Winners? Or did she crash the party?
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