Whether you’re native to Britain and are just wanting to polish up your etiquette skills or you’re going to be travelling and need a solid lesson in them, our guide to British etiquette is the answer ...

But as formal as U.K. etiquette may seem, it really boils down to being polite, says Laura Windsor, author of Modern British Manners and an expert in royal etiquette. Want to up your game in the ...

1. We can always blame the French Essentially, the history of British manners is that very posh people made up the rules (or, to be strictly accurate, they nicked a copy from Versailles).