Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker Bowles today. Jealous?
Charles's former wife Diana died eight years ago, and some people are appalled that he's decided to remarry (and a divorcee at that!). I'm not scandalized by any of this. I recognize the royals are human beings, which is why my view of them is not automatically high in the first place. The sex lives of Richard III, Henry VIII, George I, and if you can believe the rumors, James I, reveal Prince Charles's failings to be rather, well, common. I object to his adultery, as I object to Diana's. Even more so, I object to their marriage--they didn't love each other. It was arranged. Diana was the woman Charles was supposed to marry, not the woman he loved. Today, he marries the woman he loves--and it doesn't matter if you don't love her because you're not marrying her. Charles is.
Prince Charles is subject to the same sins and failings that all of us are subject to--and I'm not sure that marrying his longtime sweetheart eight years after his first wife's death is sin or failing. In the eyes of many base people, Charles's current failing is marrying someone who doesn't meet the superficial standard set by Lady Di (whose substantive contributions are similarly overlooked by these "fans"). If Camilla looked like Grace Kelly or Jackie Kennedy--the way princesses are supposed to look--instead of a gracefully aging 58-year-old woman, would there be such a fuss?
Who could possibly care about this?
Prisoners,invalids,welfare moms, shut ins,closet cases,the mentally ill,gay butlers,the morbidly obese, Elton John, George Michael, Simon Lebon, Jamall from Kajagoogoo, Boy George and people named Nigel, Simon, Trevor and Clifford.
The reason people are angry over this wedding and her happiness is that she destroyed Diana's marriage. She shouldn't now be rewarded with her widower.
Frankly I really couldnt give a rats patootee. In no way does his marriage affect me over here. Come on Dan I cant believe you actually wrote an article about this. I thought I was reading the National Enquirer there for a second.
Lighten up James. Give us a 'HOOAH!'.
Just another symbol of British superiority.
And the hats!!! Britannia will certainly rule the world once again.
Stop being obtuse Americans for a second! Symbols matter.
The Prince of Wales just married his adulterous misteress of thirty years in a civil "wedding", which (traditionally understood) amounts to legalized formication. He is a political, social, and religious figurehead.
The whole point of the royal family over there is to keep up appearances, and they act like a bunch of slobs like the rest of us.
They are noble... they shouldn't act so common.
Got yer' symbol right heah....and since when have Royals (except in very few cases) acted 'Royal'?
Just goes to show the uselessness of it all.
Difference is with them, is that they can act like the rest of us but don't have to produce to earn a living.
Schweet deal.
Hate to be cynical and/or negative, but nobility is dead.
