10 Times Queen Elizabeth Broke Royal Protocol

Accepting Flowers From a Fan

While meeting well-wishers at events and walkabouts, the Queen never accepts flowers, for safety reasons. But that didn't stop an Instagram mom influencer named Laura Ann Barr from trying -- and succeeding. Barr scored one of 8,000 invites to one of the Queen's garden parties at Buckingham Palace in 2019 and positioned herself on a path outside the royal tent that she knew the Queen would use. When the monarch did, Laura curtsied and handed her a lovely bouquet, which the Queen accepted and quickly handed off to an assistant. In a video of the moment, security staffers congratulate Laura on accomplishing what no one else ever had.