[Conservative til I die]

He doesn't. Fashion ninnies do. There are some basics of decorum (covered shoulders, covered head), but color is not one of them.

Sink, color is one of them, hence the whole issue. Queens wear white, everyone else is expected to wear black.

Of course, it is all really a non-issue in the grand scheme of things. Probably the only reason that any Catholics here are spending more time on the topic than they normally would is because the usual anti-Catholics have shown up all indignant with their "How dare the Church!?!?" faces.

[drhogan]

the article seems to say that only Catholic queens get the privilege of wearing white. it's not just an issue of being a queen, but of being a Catholic queen.
heads of state can set up whatever protocol they want, and discriminate against people of different religions if they want to. it is protocol; but i wouldn't like to be color-coded on the basis of my religion.