Royal Presence

> Perhaps I am still new, and dealing with such things on a personal level, > but I find myself struggling with such things as bowing to empty chairs, > because I feel that it only when they are full, of whomever, that they are > infused with that authority. >

>> i will probably get corrected if i am wrong but i believe we bow to the thrones whether occupied or not be cause they are the enduring symbole of the head of the kingdom just as when you salute a offices ranks in the military who you cant stand you are showing respect for what is being represented hamish <<

Exactly, Hamish. The Thrones represent the Royal Presence even if they are empty at the time.

Rowan