Posted on 03/19/2005 11:18:42 PM PST by HAL9000
Britain's Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles will travel to the United States to meet President George W. Bush and his wife on their first official foreign trip as a married couple, a report said.Officials at the prince's London office, Clarence House, were devising the itinerary for a week-long visit in October or November by the pair, who are due to marry on April 8, The Sunday Telegraph reported, citing royal officials.
A spokesman for Clarence House confirmed it was likely that Parker Bowles, 57, would accompany the heir to the throne on future foreign tours after their wedding, but he was unable to give the destination of the autumn trip.
"Certainly it will be a possibility that she might accompany him on his official tour in the autumn but we aren't going to confirm where that might be," the spokesman told AFP.
The Sunday Telegraph, however, said the two divorcees would visit Bush and his wife Laura at the White House after receiving an open invitation.
"America is very much on the cards for the prince and Mrs Parker Bowles. They see it as an appropriate location for their first foreign tour," a royal official was quoted by the weekly as saying.
"However no detailed plans will be drawn up until after the wedding is out of the way," the official said.
Visiting the United States would be a bit of a gamble because Charles's late wife Princess Diana is still hugely popular there, warned the newspaper, noting that the prince's aides used to call the country "Diana territory".
The Clarence House spokesman said Charles makes two official foreign trips yearly. He has just returned from a visit to Australia and New Zealand .
Separately, the prince's office denied a newspaper report that Charles had considered canceling the wedding following a series of embarrassing hiccups.
"That is absolutely not the case at all," the spokesman said in response to an article in the mid-market Sunday Express, which alleged that the prince had thought about scrapping his wedding while in Australia .
"He certainly never contemplated calling the whole thing off... The wedding is going to happen on April 8 and there is no problem with that," the spokesman said.
In a front page article, the Sunday Express claimed that Parker Bowles had to talk her future husband around and had even taken over the arrangements.
It quoted a former close aide as saying the prince had been very depressed over his wedding plans, which have run into a series of obstacles.
"He feels the wheels are coming off and everyone is against him. In Australia , he threw his hands up and said, 'To hell with it. Everyone's on my back. Let's forget the whole thing'," the former aide said.
When it rains, it pours!
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Okay......as long as they leave the two little brats at home!
Try wearing a Nazi uniform over here, Harry, you brainless little twat!
Okay......as long as they leave the two little brats at home!
Try wearing a Nazi uniform over here, Harry, you brainless little twat!
Wake me if and when the Crown Prince & Princess of Japan, Denmark or any other royal country but BRITAIN'S comes over here.
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