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?

[chrishansenhome.livejournal.com]

No, they just know that both of them are divorced and don't make it clear that he's free to marry in an Anglican church but she is not (without further formalities that I won't bore you with).