Etiquette Changed for WWI

And George V also wanted Brits to quit drinking alcohol during WWI — “It is no longer according to etiquette to place any wines or liquors on the table whenever King George is a guest at military messes or with the fleet, says The Spectator, which is conducting an active campaign for prohibition during the war.“

The King's Host's Also Abstain

No Wines or Liquors at Messes Where George is Guest

London, March 30— It is no longer according to etiquette to place any wines or liquors on the table whenever King George is a guest at military messes or with the fleet, says The Spectator, which is conducting an active campaign for prohibition during the war.

The King's order, barring the use of alcoholic beverages in his palaces during the war, is being adhered to rigidly. No wine is served, even at dinner parties at Buckingham Palace or at Windsor.

The Spectator recalls the fact that after the King's accident in France, when he was thrown from his horse, his physicians prescribed a small amount of wine. As soon as the doctors orders were withdrawn, however, the King renewed his abstinence. The New York Times, 1917

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