Putting in my 2p again

[Tonks]

Well it is nice to hear all the British folks talking here. Our US 
elections are over, so it is fun to hear all the rattle about yours. 

And about Prince Charles:  Now I am not sure I truly understand or 
remember the story. Why didn't he marry her to start with, if he 
knew her all his life??  Really a shame, Diana and all.  Talk about 
the Malfoy's having a loveless marriage to produce an heir.  So 
tragic, for everyone.  I remember the first wedding. It was on my 
birthday and the people that I was living with at the time all got 
up at 5:00am or some God awful hour to watch it on TV and forced me 
to do so as well.  I am rather a cynic when it comes to marriage
 
young love and all.  And my friends were just all gaga over the 
fairytale wedding.

Today I have been singing a little song... an old one. A favorite 
from my childhood.  Maybe no one knows it. It is from the late 19th 
century. (No I am NOT that old!) It is a barber shop quartet 
song "Bicycle Built for Two"  "It won't be a stylish marriage, I 
can't afford a carriage, but you'll look sweet upon the seat of a 
bicycle built for 2"  ;-)  So in spite of everything I think it is 
good that he is finally marrying the woman that he loves.  Just too 
bad it wasn't 30 (or whatever) years earlier. 

Tonks_op