It was thought highly improper for royalty to carry an umbrella.“Empress Sisi” was someone who had chafed at the Royal Court etiquette of the Austrian Imperial family ever since she married the young Emperor Franz Josef.
Umbrellas… Contrary to Etiquette?
When the Empress of Austria first married, it was thought highly improper for royalty to carry an umbrella. Consequently, whenever it threatened to rain she was unable to have her accustomed walk. She moped so much that her husband declared that henceforth umbrellas should not be contrary to etiquette. – The San Jose Herald, 1895
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