The Royal Family is known for sticking to traditions and long-standing protocols—and when they decide to go against those traditions and protocols, there's usually a very good reason.
Royal experts were quick to pick up on what seemed to be a change in royal protocol earlier this year at the annual Trooping the Colour event in June, when the Royal Family stepped out together on the balcony at Buckingham Palace. The family line-up was noticeably different, with Kate Middleton taking a place of honor next to King Charles III.
