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Prince Charles to wed Camilla Parker Bowles
Daily Telegraph news alert ^
Posted on 02/10/2005 1:15:47 AM PST by tjwmason
No story yet on their web-page, but a text-message news-alert from the Telegraph states that H.R.H. the Prince of Wales is to marry Camilla Parker Bowles.
See The Telegraph web-site for updates http://www.telegraph.co.uk
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: princeofwales
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posted on
02/10/2005 1:15:47 AM PST
by
tjwmason
To: tjwmason
![](http://www.faschingskostuem.com/pix/teeth/character/3000-austin-powers.jpg)
"She looks like a man , man."
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posted on
02/10/2005 1:23:32 AM PST
by
Imaverygooddriver
(I`m a very good driver and I approve this message.)
To: tjwmason
See also
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/4252795.stm
Prince Charles to marry Camilla
Prince Charles is set to marry Camilla Parker-Bowles, Clarence House has announced.
No date has been released at this stage, but reports have suggested 6 April is one possible date.
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posted on
02/10/2005 1:25:52 AM PST
by
tjwmason
(For he himself has said, and it's greatly to his credit, he remains an Englishman.)
To: tjwmason
As a friend of mine refers to Camilla: "Ugly as a sack of spanners."
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posted on
02/10/2005 1:27:04 AM PST
by
PLMerite
("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)
To: tjwmason
CNN has been in CNN International mode since the story broke.
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posted on
02/10/2005 1:55:07 AM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(Smoke-free since January 16, 2005)
To: tjwmason
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posted on
02/10/2005 1:58:07 AM PST
by
leadpenny
To: leadpenny
Great! A third thread.
Actually the second thread posted, and the first was posted whilst I was posting this one.
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posted on
02/10/2005 2:01:30 AM PST
by
tjwmason
(For he himself has said, and it's greatly to his credit, he remains an Englishman.)
To: tjwmason
whilst Finally, I've found someone who takes longer to post a thread than it takes me to post one. I really do want to see what our friends across the pond have to say. Not a problem.
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posted on
02/10/2005 2:05:56 AM PST
by
leadpenny
To: leadpenny
I really do want to see what our friends across the pond have to say.
I think that most of us aren't really bothered either way, as long as Mrs. Parker Bowles does not become Queen.
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posted on
02/10/2005 2:12:53 AM PST
by
tjwmason
(For he himself has said, and it's greatly to his credit, he remains an Englishman.)
To: tjwmason
And another thing, if we can have endless threads about an Oklahoma judge mechanically choking his monkey whilst on the bench, we certainly can have a few threads about two royal geezers tying the knot.
~ a geezer
To: tjwmason
Ok, a really dumb question: If Charles becomes King, doesn't she become something?
To: Imaverygooddriver
she looks like a horse. Chucky probably mistook her for one of the horses he rides while playing polo
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posted on
02/10/2005 2:26:23 AM PST
by
Cronos
(Never forget 9/11)
To: leadpenny
Ok, a really dumb question: If Charles becomes King, doesn't she become something?
The law of title is very simple in this regard. A woman who marries a man of higher rank automatically aquires the female form of his title. Therefore if nothing else changes on their marriage she will become Princess of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall &c.&c.; then on his accession to the throne she would become Queen.
The problem is that most people are not terribly happy about this (I'm not overly keen, but neither am I terribly bothered myself), and therefore I think it likely that she will be given an alternate title - which can be done by specific intervention of the Queen.
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posted on
02/10/2005 2:31:58 AM PST
by
tjwmason
(For he himself has said, and it's greatly to his credit, he remains an Englishman.)
To: tjwmason
I see. Could Queen Elizabeth take her son out of the line of succession and make William the heir?
To: leadpenny
Could Queen Elizabeth take her son out of the line of succession and make William the heir?
That's a more difficult one. Our constitution is unwritten, and in the past when such cases arose they tended to be sorted out on the battle-field :-)
It is pretty much inconceivable that Her Majesty would do so without the consent of both H.R.H. Prince Charles, and H.R.H. Prince William; additionally the Prime Minister (and probably those of the various Commonwealth countries which share the monarchy). In that case a bill wouldalmost certaily pass through Parliament (I suspect that it would be unopposed, except by a few arch-leftists who take any excuse to attack the monarchy), which would (like all bills) require Royal Assent, and then become law.
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posted on
02/10/2005 2:56:07 AM PST
by
tjwmason
(For he himself has said, and it's greatly to his credit, he remains an Englishman.)
To: tjwmason
Don't know if you get MSNBC there (probably not, about six people watch it here, unfortunately) but Charles Sabine from London was just on with Don Imus (the best morning program - EVER!). They were discussing this issue and after the exchange ended, Imus' producer, Bernard McQuirk, asked Imus if he wasn't related to Camilla. There is a slight resemblance.
To: tjwmason
I really don't understand Charle's attraction to this woman....not that he's a prize himself. But after marrying such a beautiful woman like Diana, you'd think he would have good taste.
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posted on
02/10/2005 4:05:30 AM PST
by
Arpege92
(Mr. Kerry, you are a jerk!" - Pat Sajak)
To: Arpege92
I really don't understand Charle's attraction to this woman....not that he's a prize himself. But after marrying such a beautiful woman like Diana, you'd think he would have good taste. Now c'mon... common interests, companionship, friendship, those do have some role in a relationship, don't you think? I wouldn't judge a man's taste by how beautiful a woman he marries... sometimes just the opposite. I don't think Diana's beauty was much consolation for the misery that their marriage brought to both of them, do you?
To: leadpenny
I'll be damned ....he is finally doing it.
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posted on
02/10/2005 4:09:04 AM PST
by
Dog
To: tjwmason
Did you search? There are about 3 threads on this already.
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posted on
02/10/2005 4:09:29 AM PST
by
PilloryHillary
(Can vegetarians eat animal crackers?)
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