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Prince Charles & Camilla Are Married
« on: Apr 9^th, 2005, 9:48am »

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WINDSOR, England - Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles were married Saturday in a modest civil ceremony at the 17th century Guildhall, and the second marriage for each was blessed by the Church of England as the royals knelt before Archbishop of Canterbury in a majestic ceremony in the soaring, gothic St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle.

The wedding capped a decades-long love affair that lasted through the prince's first marriage to Princess Diana.

The couple emerged from Guildhall arm-in-arm to the cheers of onlookers and a jazz band playing, "Congratulations." They waved to the cheering crowd, but there was no public kiss or embrace.

Camilla now takes on Diana's previous status as Princess of Wales, although she plans to defer to public sentiment by avoiding the title and will instead be known as the Duchess of Cornwall.

When Charles takes the throne, Camilla legally will be queen, but she wishes to be known as Princess Consort - a bow to opinion polls that show 70 percent of the population opposed to Queen Camilla.

After the civil ceremony, the couple drove to Windsor Castle in a Rolls-Royce for the blessing ceremony by Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams at St. George's Chapel, which was attended by Charles' mother, Queen Elizabeth II. She and her husband, Prince Philip, did not attend the civil ceremony, saying they wanted to honor Charles' wish to keep the wedding "low key."

Many of the wedding guests, including Charles' sons, William and Harry, were driven to the wedding in a rented bus. Camilla's ex-husband, Andrew, along with his new wife, also was among the fewer than 30 guests at the civil ceremony.

The bride wore an oyster silk basket weave coat with a herringbone stitch and a matching chiffon dress. She also wore a matching straw and lace hat with feather details.

Charles, in contrast to the military uniform he wore for his first wedding to Diana, was dressed in formal morning wear.

The hall was lined with jasmine and lily of the valley - known to symbolize the return of happiness.

The couple initially planned to wed at Windsor Castle but changed their plans because under British licensing law, registering the castle as a wedding venue would mean opening it up to commoners' weddings as well.

The civil ceremony was in sharp contrast to the pageantry of Charles' 1981 storybook wedding to the 20-year-old Diana Spencer at St. Paul's Cathedral.

Waving Union Jack flags or raising banners honoring Diana, crowds lining the streets of the handsome riverside town of Windsor waited in chilly sunshine for the nuptials, which were postponed so Charles could attend Friday's funeral of Pope John Paul II at the Vatican.

"It's up to him who he marries," said Barbara Murray, 41, who camped overnight with her two daughters to stake out a vantage point to see the couple. "Whoever he chose wouldn't be the same as Diana."

Nearly eight years after Diana's death, some have bridled at accepting Camilla Parker Bowles as a future queen, seeing her relationship with Charles as the reason his first marriage fell apart.

"She broke up their marriage," said Yvonne Williams, 67, who raised a banner that read: "Long live the Queen, Diana Forever: King Charles, Queen Camilla - Never."

Security was very tight. In addition to sharpshooters on rooftops, plainclothes officers moved around in the crowd, dogs sniffed for bombs, and normally unarmed police carried handguns in the streets around Windsor Castle.

Thames Valley Police, responsible for security outside the castle, had 550 officers on duty and Scotland Yard, which is in charge inside the castle, had dozens more.

On Friday, Prince Charles joined world leaders and hundreds of thousands of pilgrims at the John Paul's funeral.

Camilla, meanwhile, met Friday with her couturier, milliner and cobbler - adding the finishing touches to her wedding day outfit, which was kept top secret.

In keeping with tradition, Camilla spent Friday night at Clarence House, the London residence of the Prince of Wales, while Prince Charles spent the night at his country mansion in Gloucestershire, with his sons.

Camilla, wearing a blue jacket, smiled and waved Saturday morning as she set out for Windsor, 20 miles west of London.

Inside Windsor Castle's gates, tents were erected for the media, while every vantage point, from private balconies to the roof of a local liquor store, was converted into a temporary broadcast location.

Hotels were fully booked, and souvenir shops were doing a brisk trade in royal wedding mugs and tea towels.

Charles met Camilla Shand more than 30 years ago and discovered they shared a common love of rural life.

Her great-grandmother Alice Keppel had a love affair with King Edward VII, Charles' great-great-grandfather. The young Camilla is said to have brought that up after meeting the prince at a polo match in the early 1970s.

"My great-grandmother was your great-great-grandfather's mistress, so how about it?" she is reported to have told the prince.

But he sailed off with the Royal Navy without cementing their relationship. In his absence, she married Andrew Parker Bowles.

In 1981, the prince married Diana, who won the nation's heart but did not hold her husband's. Charles acknowledged years later that he had broken his marriage vows after the marriage deteriorated and despite his and Diana's efforts to save it.

Charles and Diana were divorced in 1996, a year after the Parker Bowles' marriage dissolved.

After Diana's death in 1997, Charles and Parker Bowles cautiously began making their relationship public. Their first public appearance together came in 1999; the first public kiss in 2001. In February, the prince and Parker Bowles announced that they would wed.

The wedding faced a series of obstacles, including the debate over what title Parker Bowles would take.

Speculation later surfaced about whether the wedding would be legal. But the registrar general dismissed a series of objections and the government's chief legal adviser said there were no legal obstacles.

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Re: Prince Charles & Camilla Are Married
« Reply #1 on: Apr 9^th, 2005, 9:59am »

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Cogratulations on their marriage. Cool

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« Reply #2 on: Apr 9^th, 2005, 1:00pm »

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I think this whole thread could be reduced to one headline. . . . . .

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« Reply #3 on: Apr 10^th, 2005, 8:09am »

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Couldn't have said it better myself!

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« Reply #6 on: Apr 10^th, 2005, 8:29am »

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I don't know why we must oppose to other people's marriages. After all, no one is harmed.

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« Reply #7 on: Apr 10^th, 2005, 8:46am »

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It's because of past harm done that people oppose this couple!
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« Reply #9 on: Apr 10^th, 2005, 9:28am »

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Dixie, come back and give us your 'real' opinion Grin

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« Reply #11 on: Apr 30^th, 2005, 2:27pm »

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Genius I know your young but I really oppose this marriage............What really bothered me was on the day of the ceremony all reporters were saying things like " this is what they've waited for for almost 35 years"...."Finally after 30 years Camilla and Charles are together as man and wife" ..........well I'm damn well sorry but comments like those were uncalled for....basically they dismissed the years Charles and Diana shared, it wasn't Camilla that gave birth to the heir to the throne was it............I don't give a rats arse how bloody long they waited to be man and wife.....if that's what they really wanted they should have done it 30 bloody years ago! The only reason their love has sustained after all these years is because it was forbidden.......do you really think they'd still be together today had they been able to marry 30 years ago......I doubt it! Charles would have found some reason to cheat and find another mistress regardless of who he married. I'm just really pissed off at the fact that the Diana years all of a sudden seem to be forgotten. If Charles and Camilla truly want to be together that's fine howver I truly feel that they should give up any royal titles and live just like everyone else! Let's face it...he and his family are only there by default anyway.....it was Charles Uncle Edward who gave up the throne for the woman he loved!

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Re: Prince Charles & Camilla Are Married
« Reply #12 on: May 2^nd, 2005, 9:40am »

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I'm not a monarchist in any way shape or form......in the referedum held here several years ago regarding Australia becoming a republic I voted for a republic..........however the fact that we sadly remain a commonwealth country I'm entitled to my opinion regarding the Royal family and if you hadn't guessed...I REALLY DESPISE CAMILLA.......Charles is just man......he has no strength, no charisma whatso ever.....it's cowmilla who call the shots......the royal family are at her beck and call she damn well knows it!!!!!!...................she's a horrid horrid woman and one day she'll have to face Diana at the pearly gates!!!! we all know where Cowmilla will end up don't we!

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« Reply #13 on: May 2^nd, 2005, 10:42am »

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BEc, I'm sorry your vote for a Republic didn't win.
Even though a state, TEXAS is STILL a REPUBLIC Cool

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