Please, read carefully my answer too. Who was defending OTMAA for having bad manners at table? I was only explaining what it COULD have happened in my oppinion, not excusing them for being nasty.
And what is this story of supposing I'm opposing nobility rank to imperial one? For me, both are nobility and there's no excuse of any person to embarrase others at meals. A true well educated person, nobility or not will act as a lady or a gentleman in front of every human being, from imperial rank, minor nobility or commoners. No excuse for bad manners for ANYONE. If you beleieved I was making difference between nobility and imperial princess, it must have been my bad English. In another royal forum -this one about modern royals -a moderator scolded me for using the generic word "nobility" speaking about imperial and royal princes and explained to me "there were not the same thing", so, I tought it was a difference of language and became use to use the word "royals" to make a difference between these kinf of nobility and persons who were closer to a throne. But in Spanish we speak about "nobleza", who is more common than to say "realeza". In any case, I always believed that to say "nobility" was the same than to say "royals". When I was warned about not being the same concept, I began use separate words. I found it ridicoulous, but I tought it was an English language subtility. Sorry. If it is not the case, I'll use the word "nobility" for all blue-blooded people, royals or not.
In fact I was not excusing Anastasia for her bad manners. It was quite the opposite. I was saying that she KNEW how to act at table, so if she didn't do it, it was her exclusive FAULT. A person who doesn't know how to act is not blamable, but since Anastasia knew more than well how she was supposed to act, she was being awfully bad.
And I, for myself believes it's not true that a low nobility person would not have good manners at meals. This statesment is simply ridicoulous.
RealAnastasia.