Saluting the PM
Just watched BBC News report on the 'tragic' decision by the PM to resign his post. There was footage of an RAF officer saluting him when he got out of his business jet (not even belonging to the RAF) at Northolt.
Firstly, what was she doing there? I could understand it if he was alighting from one of our aircraft.
Secondly, what's the protocol on saluting the PM? Are there any others members of the Cabinet who are entitled to salutes if I happen to bump into them?
It's not like he's the head of state after all, no matter how much he might have wished to have been, and he is certainly not a commissioned officer. So would I get into the pooh if I refusd to salute his successor (whoever that may be)?