Putting in my 2p again

[Karen Barker]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Ladi lyndi <ladilyndi at y...> 
wrote:
> Kathryn wrote:
> Hmm, what about the Queen, I mean technically it is *her* 
parliament, surely
> they'd pause for that (and if we do it fast we can screw up the 
wedding
> again too - btw has it occured to you how many pissed off souvenir 
sellers
> there now are in Windsor, since all their tea towels etc have the 
wrong date
> ...
> 
> Lynn:
>  
> I love British humour.  You guys have made my morning.  
>  
> One thought about the Queen though.  If you do it before the 
wedding, would Charles get crowned first or would he marry Camilla 
first?  There is that nasty little constitutional thing where a 
civil wedding may not be legal - at least for the monarchy.  
>  
> Now, if Charles married Camilla first, he'd have to deal with the 
whole "is a civil ceremony legal" thing but you'd probably see a 
Charles and Camilla coronation.  But, if Charles was crowned first, 
as head of the church he could ditch the whole civil ceremony and 
have a full blown legal wedding and then Camilla would become Queen.
>  
> Either way you look at it - is ditching a few days of campaigning 
worth it?  From what I've read, this is the topic that can get some 
blood boiling. LOL
>  
> Lynn
> 


Let's just hope that they don't decide to bury Prince Ranier on 
Saturday!!!

BTW Lynn, marrying in a registry office is not stopping Camilla from 
becoming Queen.  They are electing to call her the Princess Consort 
from choice - presumably as a fop to the people who don't want her 
to be Queen.  The fact of the matter is that the wife of the King is 
the Queen.  She can call herself "The chief cake-eater Royal" if she 
so wishes but nevertheless she is still legally the Queen, just as 
the wife of the Prince of Wales is the Princess of Wales.  Prince 
Charles is: Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Baron Rothesay, Lord 
of the Isles and probably several other titles I can't remember.  

Prince of Wales is just the highest ranking of his titles therefore 
the one he is usually known by.  Camilla will be using the female 
(ie Mrs) of one of his lesser titles to avoid comparison with the 
previous Princess of Wales and again presumably to avoid upsetting 
anyone, but nevertheless, just as if I marry Mr John Smith, I am 
legally Mrs. John Smith, whether or not I chose to call myself that 
or keep my maiden name, as the wife of the Prince of Wales she will 
legally be the Princess of Wales, as well as all the other tiles he 
holds.

Also if they had married after Charles became head of the CofE they 
still would not be allowed to marry in Church.  The CofE will not 
marry a divorcee who is considered to be the one responsible for the 
failure of their first marriage.  The wronged person in a failed 
marriage can be married in church at the discretion of the relevant 
vicar and bishop.  Incidentally, if Charles wanted to marry a single 
lady he could marry her in church, as in the eyes of the Church he 
is a widower not a divorcee!

Hope you enjoyed this little ramble on some of the eccentricities of 
us Brits!!

Karen