Did you know that the Asantehene is not supposed to stand and greet any person while sitting in state? Explaining this, historian and lawyer, Yaw Anokye Frimpong, in an interview on Max TV, said that it is forbidden for the Asantehene to stand and greet anybody while sitting in state. The historian, however, pointed out that two Asantehenes have broken this well-grounded tradition. He indicated that the first Asantehene to break this tradition was the late Otumfuo Opoku Ware II, who stood up to greet Pope John Paul II when the late leader of the Catholic Church visited him in 1980. "In the culture of Ashantis, the Asantehene never stands while sitting in state to greet anybody. In fact, the only time an Asantehene stood to greet a person was because of respect for God.