Posted on 04/10/2005 12:31:57 PM PDT by gopwinsin04
Queen Elizabeth II delivered some extraordinary wedding day snubs to Prince Charles and his bride Camilla Parker Bowles yesterday. Her gloomy Majesty barely cracked a smile throughout the day. She never spoke to her new daughter in law and wouldn't even look at her.
At one point, the Queen frostily turned her back on Camilla during the blessing of the couples marriage.
But the worst moments for the new Duchess of Cornwall came when it was time to take the traditional family photos on the steps of St. George's Chapel. Royal aides had expected the Queen and Prince Phillp to spend at least five minutes posing with the newlyweds.
But the queen barely managed to spare 52 seconds to stand alongside the happy couple. She did not say a word to Camilla, now the country's second highest ranking royal, but spoke to her son.
Queen: 'That all went rather well.' Charles: 'Yes.' Queen: 'We are leaving now.' Charles: 'Oh, I really want a picture of us all.'
The Queen then moved quickly to stand further away from her new daughter in law, stepping around her to stand beside Charles. It was a day of astonishing put downs for Camilla, 57, delivered by her mother in law.
One observer told us: 'If the Queen had been any quicker, the pictures would have to been done on a speed camera. She looked grumpy and frosty to the bitter end.'
There were mutterings among the female guests as the Queen broke the golden rule of weddings--upstaging the bride by wearing white. Her off white outfit was almost exactly the same color Camilla had chosen for her civil wedding.
One guest said: 'She didn't join in on any of the prayers or hymms, she looked miserable.' Then, as the congregation sang 'Love Divine,' she lowered her order of service and turned her back on Camilla--even Prince Phillip was forced to shoot her a look!
One family friend told us: 'It was tough on Camilla. It wouldn't have killed the Queen to say well done. Nobody expected her to throw her arms around the woman but she was very cold to her.'
Later, things appeared to have warmed as the Queen unexpectedly made a speech at the reception--but later than cracked a joke at Camilla's expense, appearing to compare her to a horse.
To laughter from the guests in the State Apartments, she told the newlyweds, 'Welcome to the winners enclosure!' Seconds earlier, she had told the crowd that she had an important annoucement to make and then declared who won the Grand National Horse Race.
I didn't watch anything after the ceremony. They all walked out of the church, the queen got into her limo, everybody else got on buses and they took off. Nobody was taking any time to pose for family pictures.
Where's the insult ?
Oh wow, so you are saying that the Queen must've been have been incensed when she saw Camilla sitting on the pew at Diana's wedding wearing white...I didn't know that! So she intentionally wore WHITE to stick it to her...Queen Elizabeth has a LOOOOOOOOOOOOONGGG memory!!
But she seems to be warming the official jewelry on the big day...
Yes, Gearge's father as the Queen.
George as Prince Charles.
Kramer as Camilla.
It was too big to be a sparrow's nest...
I think it must've been either a robin or a starling.
,,, you're right. Dianna was neurotic but knew how to work the room insofar as the media was concerned. This replacement looks like she's got stretch marks on her face but I'd say she's got brains enough to make it in the long run... certainly she's shown she's got patience.
I feel really bad for Camilla. Charles should've been allowed to marry her when they were younger but simply because she wasn't 'royal' enough, he was forbidden and then resorted to marrying Diana years later. In the mean time, here's a couple who've always been in love with each other forced to marry others just because of family status.
At last, after more than 35 years, they're finally together as husband and wife.
I think they deserve the chance to finally be happy together. And screw the queen for making her children's lives miserable (even one of her daughters was forbidden to marry the man she loved just because his family's blood wasn't blue enough).
It's obvious now the queen will never give up her throne to Charles unless it's feet first and doesn't have the decency of her own mother.
Charles will be king one day and Camille will become queen. His mother won't be around forever. Charles will just be patient and wait his turn. Goodluck Charles and Camille.
Probably. And she worked so hard for all of it, the poor dear. She must have used the Carlton Sheets course.
53 seconds is a major slap to Charles and Camilla, no matter what.
Well said.
I have to step out of lurk mode to second that!
> Murder is never right.
Yes, but sometimes killing is.
> I like tradition, so I'm okay with royal families and monarchies.
Good for you. The world needs subservient "subject" types, along with "citizens." But try to install royalty over *me* and you'll have a problem.
Camelot is over. Good riddance.
The polls say the Brits would rather have young Prince William succeed Queen Elizabeth, passing over Prince Charles. They love him because of his mother. There was a similar case in the Roman Empire, of a young prince who was beloved because of the affection people had had for his father. The prince finally did become emperor, and is known to history as Caligula.
One of Sam Walton's daughters may also have a billion, I think they are the only ones.
I didn't see Charles and Diana posing on any steps immediately after their wedding ceremony.
But you know what, I really don't care about any of that mess.
I was only looking at the dresses and the silly hats. The best(worst!) one was the girl wearing the wide-brimmed white hat that looked like everybody threw their used Kleenexes onto it.
Pray they never get Harry down the road, he could make a likely candidate for Caligula!
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