"With the number of coronavirus cases climbing.. in the UK, Prince Charles seems to have shifted to a “desi” way of greeting people while ditching physical contact. A video of the 71-year-old greeting people with an Indian-style “namaste” has gone viral on social media... we Indians told to do this to the world many many years ago. Now just a class on ‘how to do namaste properly’,” tweeted Indian Forest Service officer Parveen Kaswan while sharing the video of Charles... Prior to Charles, a picture of French President Emmanuel Macron folding hands while greeting people was shared... along with a caption that read, “President Macron has decided to greet all his counterparts with a namaste, a graceful gesture that he has retained from his India visit in 2018.”"
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‘Namaste is the new Hello’: Prince Charles goes ‘desi’ to greet people, The Indian Express (12 March 2020)
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