Oh yeah, definitely everyone is just doing it for appearances: you don't need that many people to help, and the one person helping should be firmly holding the other person to make sure they don't fall (if they actually risk falling over). It's all because no one wants to look like they weren't helping and then it turn into a diplomatic explosion "QUEEN OF ENGLAND FALLS OVER, NO ONE WAS THERE TO HELP" plus all the reverence everyone has to show to the royal family.
Anyhoo, I thought it was funny because it perfectly reflects the relationships between the Western countries and Russia at the moment.
