King Charles' Coronation is just a few weeks away, and people are beginning to put plans in place for any parties they might be throwing to celebrate the occasion on May 6.
One of the most popular ways to mark the special day will be with street parties, where people set tables and chairs out in the road and gather everyone who lives in the area to celebrate with them.
But one woman has been left baffled after her neighbour showed up on her doorstep demanding to know why she hadn't RSVPed to the street party being held by the people on her road.
The woman explained she received a note through her door to let her know that a street party was in the works, but she ignored it because she wasn't interested in attending.
And a few days later, there was a knock at her door and a man she's "never met before" angrily asked if she would be attending - seemingly indicating it was "rude" that she hadn't RSVPed.
But as street parties are often casual affairs where people bring their own food, she didn't think she would need to RSVP, and was left confused by the situation.
In a post on Mumsnet, she said: "So a few weeks back we got a flyer through our door about some residents of our street holding a coronation street party. I didn't pay a great deal of attention to it, as it's on a day that I'll be at work, and as a Republican, I'm allergic to anything with a royal theme.
"This evening, a man I've never met before knocked on my door and announced that he is one of my neighbours, and wanted to know if I would be attending the party as we hadn't RSVPed. His whole attitude was that we'd somehow been rude and unneighbourly.
"I was taken aback as this suggests that the organisers have some kind of list of who has and who hasn't RSVPed. It is just a bring-your-own-food type of party in a courtyard area between some houses, so it's not like they need to specifically know who is attending.
"Am I being unreasonable to think that if a stranger you have invited to a party doesn't RSVP, you just assume they're not coming, not turn up on their doorstep!?"
Commenters on the post were divided, as while some said she wasn't wrong for ignoring the note, others said it was "rude" of her not to at least tell her neighbours she wasn't going to attend.
One person said: "You have no obligation to pay any attention to their little street party."
While another added: "Take no notice, your silence was response enough. It's the usual busybodies who think they are in charge of the neighbourhood who organise and chastise."
But someone else disagreed, stating: "Would it have been so difficult to send a response though? I'd have replied with a yes or no, just out of politeness. It's no skin off my nose and would literally have taken seconds! Yes, I think you were rude to ignore the invitation."
And a fourth wrote: "It would have been polite just to reply and say thanks for the invite but unfortunately I'm working. Manners cost nothing."
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