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"A royal Salute" (deep curtsey as one is formally "presented" to royalty)

Um, the girl in the picture is curtseying, that is, squatting, while wearing a corset, and has a cloud coming out of her tushy. I think there is more of a joke here, that the 'salute' (as in a salute of guns) is a reference to the poor debutante having made a particular faux pas. Urpunkt ☎  23:34, 21 July 2010 (UTC)