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A fact from Royal Command Performance appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 June 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Does anyone have more info on the social protocols involved for a Command Performance? That is, "command" suggests that declining to perform is not an option, whereas the use of "request" in the lede indicates that a performer is free to decline the performance (just like a knighthood can be declined.) Or is it that the "command" to perform is only given after the Queen's office is sure it wouldn't be declined? How has the command/request dynamic changed over time? -- 70.90.187.65 (talk) 22:41, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]