A competitor, the expert "health-care girl," who would go on to win it, consoles him with, "You should feel honored that you reached this level," but Kirn realizes "she knew she was bound for the sharp end of the pyramid, and was merely rehearsing her royal manners".
If you don't have royal manners, just use your regular manners.
Royal Filmmaker Chatri Chalerm Yukol may be a prince of the Thai royal family, but he declines the imperial manner, not to mention the silk pants and curly-toed shoes, of Yul Brynner in "The King and I".
A seemingly astute choice – Purnell is one of the few people to have been on both sides of a royal charter negotiation – the manner of his direct appointment came in for criticism from MPs, as did his politics, meat and drink to critics who perceive a leftwing bias at Broadcasting House.
Abe, too, had shaken out the contents of his container moments before, but it was Trump, arm outstretched to unleash a rain of pellets on the royal pond in the manner of a hungry child emptying a box of breakfast cereal, whose impulsive pose captured Japan's imagination.
The room became so striking that very little furniture was required, and the almost empty set gives the actors space, in Rush's case to make Logue theatrical and expansive; in Firth's, to allow his character, who in the manner of royals in those days has far too many names – Bertie, the Duke of York, King George VI – to emerge from behind his carapace.
Both are – in the manner of fairytales – royal and motherless.
The expansion of Europe's ski areas may be an environmental non-starter but resorts can still increase their pulling power, in the manner of historic royal houses, by marriages of convenience.
He was so esteemed in the wider Hasidic world that, in the manner of the royal families of old Europe, marriages were arranged between his daughters and the sons of three different dynasties.
