Never Deny Love

[Steve]

Well, Prince Charles and Camilla are finally married, but not without
some controversy and not without some dissent.

A recent poll of the British people indicated --

"The YouGov survey showed 63 per cent of respondents rejected the
former Camilla Parker Bowles as a future queen and 58 per cent would
prefer to see Charles, 56, bypassed as king, with the crown given
directly to his oldest son Prince William."

On a small side note; I wonder if any of those people bothered to poll
William on the idea of becoming King prematurely?

I guess I understand; the life and death of Princess Diana still tugs
at the hearts of us all, and it's difficult to view any woman standing
in her place. However, in this matter, I can only subscribe to the
philosophy of 'Never deny love'. Charles and Camilla have been in love
since the day they met, many many decades ago. But life and
circumstance have conspired against them and kept them apart. Now
Charles is in his 50's and life is winding down, as it does for us
all. Now is a time in life when you realize that there is more behind
you than ahead of you, and you begin to reflect on what is truly
important in life. The love of a lifelong soul mate is certainly one
of those reflections.

I can only speculate, but I don't think Camilla wants anyone to view
her as a Dutchess, or Princess, or Queen. For that matter, I don't
think think she expects Harry and William to view her as a mother. She
simply want the world to realize that she has been, does, and always
will love Charles, and that is the only context in which she wants her
life defined. And, I think that is a fair request.

So, never deny love, it is so very rare and so very fragile, that we
must treasure it when we find it.


On a further note-

If Charles being King can buy William another 10 or 20 years of
freedom and near normalcy, then I say let him have it. Charles will be
an OK King. He's basically as good a guy as can be expected given his
totally disfunctional upbringing. I think Willaim, and heaven forbid,
if needed, Harry, will be an excellent King; probably one of the very
best in modern times. William and Harry both have a great advantage in
that Diana did make a serious effort to make their lives as normal as
possible. That lack of disfunction shows in their quality of character. 

I think people are far too hard on them and far too demanding that
they be some storybook illusion of what a Prince should be. They are
both great guys who have experience hard work, and who have displayed
the same great compassion for the world around them that Diana
displayed. I say this even in the face of a few incidences of grossly
overhyped overblown hysterically exaggerated media reports that when
scaled back to a more realistic proportion show nothing more than that
these are normal boys doing normal boy things.

Just passing it along.

Steve/bboyminn