[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Putting in my 2p again

[Kathryn]

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 wouldEither 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
 
K

Well he wouldn't be crowned first because it takes at least six months to
organize a corantaion usually. He would obviously become *King* first as
that would happen the instant the Queen was declared dead (Terry Pratchett
believes that monarchy is the only thing that travels faster than light and
suggests torturing a small king to study the phenomenon).

Head of the Church is largely a ceremonial thing, he actually has no say in
how it is run and still couldn't have a church wedding and Camilla still
wouldn't be queen as apparently having the wife of a king be queen is
actually mere tradition rather than a legal necessity. If Elizabeth II
survives long enough Charles might be able to talk people into it, but at
the moment he's promised she won't be.

Personally I don't see the problem - yes he was a very bad boy, but let's
face it on a scale of one to ten and compared to the sexual behaviour of all
his predecessors he's probably only about a three!

What irritated me was the church suggesting he should apologise to Andrew
Parker Bowles (the cuckolded husband) but honestly as far as I can see
Charles wasn't the one who made any promises to him, Camilla was. Charles
probably owed Diana an apology but really that marriage was screwed up from
the start. If anyone owes Andrew an apology, isn't it Camilla? After all she
s the one who stood up in church and vowed to forsake all others!


K
*who does get irritated by this but not because they're Royal, just because people always seem to blame the other woman/man rather than the straying husband/wife*

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