Ho hum...useless hereditary monarch-to-be to marry

[chrishansenhome]

The airwaves in the UK are crackling with the news that Prince Charles is to marry Camilla Parker-Bowles in April. Civil ceremony, so no Anglican fuss about remarriage of divorced persons in church. The news reports all imply that the fact that he's divorced is the problem. It's not. It's that her former husband is still living.

Ho-hum. She'll become a duchess, he'll be legal, the Archbishop of Canterbury will bless the pair, and all's well that ends well, I guess.

I wonder if she'll start opening things and christening ships and such. When Brenda kicks the bucket, she'll become the Princess Consort. Everyone's wondering about that, but when he's King he can issue a decree that will call her anything he likes.

I'm in favour of HRH Princess Horseface, myself.

Comments

[rsc.livejournal.com]

The news reports all imply that the fact that he's divorced is the problem.

You mean, they figure nobody's noticed that the ex-wife is, like, no longer around?

Princess Horseface

[markatsea.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry but the word Consort does not dredge any positive images. I think of the middle eastern kings with their many wives. See also: Member of a harem, A whore, someone sleeping with a married person. A consort.

Ok, hope all else is well, there is still that off chance that Wills comes to his senses, moves to The States, gets a proper boyfriend (me perhaps) and throws a wonderful wrench into the monarchy once and for all.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

I note that she isn't going to get to be called "Princess of Wales". It would have seemed to me that that came automatically to being married to the Prince of Wales, but times have changed, I guess.