Queen Will Not Attend Wedding

[kskiska]

The Queen will not attend the wedding of Charles and Camilla, the couple have announced.

She will, however, attend the church blessing after the civil ceremony.

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http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1172016,00.html

[Generator]

1. What a witch!

I'm sorry but that woman has all the warmth of a rattlesnake.

[murray hill farm]

3. they must have me confused with...

someone who gives a shit!!

[neverforget]

4. I'm with you.

[Skidmore]

5. The whole cast of that little drama

does not garner my sympathy or empathy.

[underpants]

2. Man that is cheap

Just tell them you can't afford a gift

[Say_What]

6. Who gives a flying f*ck??

eom

[imenja]

10. no kidding, I wish they'd keep their pathetic melodramas to themselves

If there ever was a waste of time and money it's that British royal family.

[Placebo]

7. How bitchy.

I love it. :D

[Warpy]

9. I do, too

Of course, as presiding head of the Church of England, she can't be seen giving public support to her son marrying a divorcee, even though it's been announced that she finally approved the whole thing.

He's gonna have to abdicate. Poor old Chuckie.

I do love seeing that Edwardian protocol tripping them all up. Whenever I despair over my own situation, I look at them and feel grateful for it.

[Placebo]

11. And they honestly thought the QUEEN...

would set foot inside a Town Hall for a civil marriage when the castle is a mile away? Please.

[imenja]

12. abdicate from what?

It's not like the King or Queen actually doesn't anything

[AlCzervik]

15. i don't he'll abdicate, he and the church made nice

[AlCzervik]

8. i'll file that away in the box marked-things i don't give a shit about

[HereSince1628]

14. Here, throw this in the box too. I could care less about the monarchy

If it went away yesterday it wouldn't be soon enough

[Journeyman]

20. It was so much more fun when he married Diana . . .

and we Irish lined the streets to gave them a rousing cheer:

"Up Chuck, and Di! Up Chuck, and Di!"


Ah, it just won't have quite the same spirit . . .

[HereSince1628]

22. Oh, if I coulda been there! Sorry, folks but I really oppose monarchy

and heritable social stations.

I know that puts me way out on the left, but all I can say is NUTS!

[Journeyman]

25. No. It doesn't put you "way out on the left". . .

it means you are uniquely American. . . same as I.

[KamaAina]

13. Well we kind of knew Freddie wasn't going to make it...

:(

but what about Brian May and the others? Why aren't they going? :-)

[On the Road]

32. Oh, Man, You Beat Me to It

Those were almost my very words. But the other thread was locked.
:nopity: :smoke:

[AnneD]

16. From a nurses thread...

I heard Elizabeth II was giving the couple a car tour of Paris as a wedding present;)

[fortyfeetunder]

17. Glad I am drinking water

otherwise I'd have a sticky keyboard!

Thanks for the two seconds of laughter, I really don't care what the Queen does...

[Sgent]

19. Question

I really could care less about the royals, but do have one question.

Why is there any controversy over the wedding at all? Why can't he have a full religious ceremony?

The Church of England was founded by his great great ... grandfather on the entire premise of divorce. I don't get it.

[fortyfeetunder]

21. Guess they are ashamed of their heritage!

Remember these people live in an unreal world.

I am certainly not a royal watcher, otherwise I'd have the answer to this question: Princess Anne had divorced and remarried...was the Queen at those nuptials too?

[Mr Creosote]

24. Because it wasn't founded on the premise of divorce

it was founded on an argument over "annulment" - which is different. And the line of descent from Henry VIII to Charles is not as direct as that.
We've been discussing this whole thing over here in the little corner of DU that is forever "old europe":
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=191&topic_id=1779&mesg_id=1779

[JitterbugPerfume]

18. wonder how it feels

to live that far removed from reality?????

[CatWoman]

23. I heard on the news this morning that Charles won't have a best man

either.

They specifically names William and Harry.

Man, I'd love to sit at the dinner table with these people.


Remember the scene from "The Color Purple", when Sophia pulled a knife on Mister?? :D

[GoddessOfGuinness]

26. Come on y'all...She's respecting their wish to keep things low-key

:puke:

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

27. YAWN -can they just do away with the royals already

i hate all of their pampered asses- chuck, fergie, andrew, phillip, and yes, even diana

"why do we pay people millions of pounds a year to think they're better than us?"
---Tracy Ullman

[ohio_liberal]

28. Did she attend the Princess Royal's second wedding?

I can't remember....

As the head of the Church of England I would suspect it would be difficult for her to attend and still hold up the beliefs of the church regarding divorce.

on edit:

FWIW, the Princess Royal also had to have her second marriage in a civil ceremony in Scotland, not England.

[LeftyLizzie]

30. Yep.

I'm pretty sure the whole family was there.

[mr blur]

29. PLEASE!!!

It's bad enough that we have to put up with these morons here in the UK - why the hell should anybody in the US - or anywhere else - give a damn what they get up to? Save yourselves! Ignore them. Once we've finally got rid of them then hopefully no-one will ever speak of them again.

[Maple]

31. Excuse me American type folks....

I realize you're caught up in your own problems and all, but this will affect you down the road.

And it might be nice if you stopped bashing 'royalty' just on principle and thought about it.

There is a republican movement in the UK. They want to get rid of the royal family and have been working to that end for years.

Charles is a perfect target for them. Almost heaven-sent.

Hence all the ridicule, and highlighting of royal gaffes.

The UK is hesitant about joining the EU...currently America's nemisis with their Euro.

One of the major stumbling blocks is the royal family.

Would Brussels rule the Queen of England?

Would the Brits stand for Poland ordering the royal family about?

So...to join the EU...the royal family has got to go.

And if the UK becomes a republic and joins the EU...which is already increasing in size and influence by leaps and bounds....and isn't interested in helping out the US on anything....

Now, do you see how all this affects the US?