Happily I take after my great uncle, Joe Aspinall. When he was Chairman (Mayor) of Oswaldtwistle District Council in the '60's, he had to go to a garden party at Buckingham Palace, and as a staunch republican and socialist, refused to stand for the National Anthem, as the Queen arrived.
Forty years later I was at a concert at the Barbican in London. It was announced that would we all rise for her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent.
Er...yeah right.
She was sat in the row in front of us, and I was the only one to remain seated as the Austrian/Australian former hairdresser took her royal seat.
As I sat there, I knew Uncle Joe would be looking proudly down at me.
