機智！凱特王妃永遠包不離手的真相揭秘

機智！凱特王妃永遠包不離手的真相揭秘

So This Is Why Kate Middleton Always Carries a Clutch

一直以來，英國王室在全球都享有崇高的地位，他們的一舉一動似乎都暗藏深意。近日，每日郵報網的專家William Hanson就揭秘了為何凱特王妃在正式場合一直都手提包包。

Have you ever seen Kate Middleton at an official engagement carrying anything other than a clutch①? We know—we too racked our brains②(a.k.a. Google) trying to find at least one exception, but alas, the clutch is as much a Kate Middleton staple③as is her bouncy④hair. However, the reason the Duchess⑤of Cambridge always seems to select a small box clutch goes far deeper than fashion-statement purposes. Myka Meier, founder of Beaumont Etiquette, told Good Housekeeping that Kate "holds her bag in front of her in both hands when shaking hands might be awkward." Yes, duchesses have awkward moments too.

MailOnline's expert, William Hanson, explains, "It is protocol⑥that you do not extend your hand to any member of the royal family (blood royal or those who have married into the family) unless their hand extends fi rst"—hence the reason Kate feels the need to pick a bag that puts both her hands out of commission.

So if you want to take a page from Kate's book at your next awkward f a m i l y gathering (or during flu season), keep your clutch in both hands and smile politely.

你見過凱特·米德爾頓在正式場合攜帶其他東西而不是包包的情況嗎？我們知道——即使是絞盡腦汁（也就是搜遍谷歌全網）也不會找到一次例外，哎，包包同凱特那極富彈性的頭發一樣重要。然而，這位劍橋公爵總是選擇手提一個小型包包的原因遠不止是出于詮釋時尚。Beaumont Etiquette的創始人Myka Meier向《好管家》表示，凱特在面臨握手尷尬時會把包包放到自己的雙手前。是的，公爵夫人也會有尷尬的時候。

每日郵報網的專家William Hanson解釋道：“這是一種外交禮儀，你不要伸手與王室的任何成員（王族或者是那些嫁入王室的人）握手，除非他們主動伸手”——所以，這就是凱特覺得有必要提個使她不能騰出雙手的包包的原因。

因此，如果你想要在下一次尷尬的家庭聚會（或流感季節）當中效仿凱特，那么就雙手提個包包，有禮貌地微笑。

①clutch英 [kl?t?] 美 [kl?t?] n. 離合器；控制；手；緊急關頭 vi. 攫；企圖抓住vt. 抓??；緊握adj. 沒有手提帶或背帶的；緊要關頭的

②rack one's brains v. 絞盡腦汁；苦思冥想

③stable英 ['ste?b(?)l] 美 ['stebl] n. 馬廄；牛棚 adj. 穩定的；牢固的；堅定的bouncy英 ['ba?ns?] 美 ['ba?nsi] adj. 有彈性的；快活的；精神飽滿的；自大的

⑤duchess英 ['d?t??s; -es] 美 ['d?t??s] n. 公爵夫人；女公爵；雍容華貴的婦女；小老板娘vt. （澳）盛情款待；討好 vi. 熱情款待；討好

⑥protocol英 ['pr??t?k?l] 美 ['prot?'k?l] n. 協議；草案；禮儀 vt. 擬定 vi. 擬定