It’s true, the rich play by different set of rules than you and I, and when it comes to the Royal Family ...Should you ever get invited to join members of the Royal Family for dinner, be prepared for the following:1. Conversation must always start with the person on your right; only after an acceptable exchange may you then talk with the person to your left.2. There probably won’t be 13 people at the table; Queen Elizabeth II is superstitious.These are some of the fascinating titbits Ingrid Seward, editor of Majesty magazine will reveal at a lecture at Masterworks Foundation about royal entertaining. She is the author of several books including ‘The Queen and Di’ and ‘Royal Entertaining and Style’.“Everyone loves entertaining,” said Ms Seward. “The lecture will be about how the Royals entertain privately and how the Queen prepares for a state banquet. I will talk about the little nuances.“What is interesting is that the Royals, particularly the Queen, in their private life really prefer things to be simple. The Queen does not eat a sumptuous breakfast every single morning. Instead, she often eats muesli cereal kept fresh in an ordinary plastic container placed on the breakfast table.”Ms Seward has attended several state banquets as a member of the press. Press gangs at these functions are usually comprised of no more than 20 people. The press are allowed to see the guests come in and hear the Queen’s speech.“The Queen gives a speech and hides the microphone in some flowers,” said Ms Seward. “We don’t get what the banquet attenders get to eat, but we may get some organic lemonade and sandwiches.”Majesty was started in 1980 on the occasion of the late Queen Mother’s 80th birthday. It is a magazine for people interested in Europe’s royal families, but it is not about salacious gossip. It bills itself as “The Quality Royal Magazine”. A recent article was about the discovery of King Richard III’s body under a car park in England last August.Ms Seward joined the staff in 1983. She was working in public relations and had done some work for the magazine founder’s daughter.“We became friends and I went to work for the magazine,” Ms Seward said. “It was a bit of luck more than anything. I can’t say I was very interested in the Royals before coming on board. But it is like any topic, you become more interested in it as you study it.”When Lady Diana came on the scene interest in the magazine grew. Today, circulation is about 40,000 and many of their loyal readers are based in North America.Through her work, Ms Seward has met most members of the Royal Family, and has developed a lot of sympathy for them.“It is a very difficult world for the younger members of the Royal Family,” she said. “There is no freedom. With Twitter and blogs, someone only has to see you somewhere and it will be all over Twitter. They are celebrities and there is no privacy. It might be fun once or twice to run through the back door of a restaurant to escape the crowd, but it must get old after a while. It can’t be fun living like that and having people stare all the time. During your private moments it is very difficult.”She felt the most misunderstood Royal was probably Prince Charles. She felt he didn’t get the credit for all the good things he has done.“People still see him as the adulterous husband of Diana,” said Ms Seward. “That is quite global. People are not particularly nice about his wife, Camilla. It is getting better, but still our readers are not wild about her. She is very supportive of her husband. They spread a bit of happiness. She is a very amusing and witty woman.”Majesty prides itself on not printing photographs taken by the paparazzi.“I don’t think we have really ever printed anything the Royal Family strongly objected to,” she said. “They don’t like inaccuracies. We do try to be accurate. If you can’t check with the person you are writing about this can be quite difficult.”This will be the magazine editor’s first trip to Bermuda.“I am really looking forward to it,” said Ms Seward.Ms Seward will speak at Masterworks on March 21. Cocktails are at 7pm and dinner is at 8pm. Tickets are $200 per person. Jacket and tie required. For reservations contact Robyn Hooper on 299-4000.