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While Elisabeth\u2019s experience mingling with the Queen\u2014who died in September 2022 at age 96\u2014wasn\u2019t exactly smooth, she\u2019s not the first person to make a blunder when meeting the British royals. In fact, Kate Middleton<\/a><\/strong> avoided breaking royal protocol during a recent public engagement in Powys, Wales, when an attendee approached her with a pen and asked for her autograph<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t sign things, I\u2019m so sorry,\u201d Kate, 44, said in a video published by Hello!<\/a> <\/em>Feb. 27. \u201cI can shake your hand, though.\u201d<\/p>\n Indeed, members of the royal family are forbidden from giving their signature to prevent forgery, a rule the Princess of Wales is all too familiar with. After all, she found herself in a similar scenario in 2022, when she opted not to sign drawings she made with a group of schoolchildren at an event in London.<\/p>\n \u201cMy name\u2019s Catherine,\u201d she told the kids at the time, per\u00a0People<\/em><\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m not allowed to write my signature\u2014it\u2019s just one of those rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n