WHOA! The story.

Hopefully they won't have any kids! eek! Seeing that she's 57, I think we're safe.

I'd love to see Conan O'Brien do one of those "What if these two had a child?" bits where he combines the facial features to make one truly homely "person".

Who died and made Charles queen, er, king?
wink

I wonder who his mistress will be this time.

Susan Lucci in Philly

Mike, you are So. Bad.

Naughty boy, no Naked Night for you for a month! wink

As to the topic: I'm happy for them. I'm hugely against adultery, but ya know, it's been a reallyreally long time. By now, they deserve to be happy.

I thought the only way Charlies would be allowed to marry Camilla was when the Queen passed on. I guess the royals are changing their rules about these things.

Ugh, I hope I'm not invited to this, I just really don't feel like making that trip over. I love them to death and all, but really...

Now, if only Wills would accept my proposal we could have a double wedding and everyone would live happily ever after.

It seems as though the only thing holding back the wedding was, indeed, the Queen Mother... CNN Story

Str8 men can be so weird about their sexual activities and fantasies.

This is from an open letter to bonnie Prince Charlie published in New York magazine a few years ago.

>>And sometimes a feminine-hygiene product is just a feminine-hygiene product—for instance, when you told Camilla Parker Bowles in a phone call (intercepted by that nasty British newspaper) that you wanted to be reincarnated as her tampon. This, of course, is standard locker-room talk among straight men. All purely heterosexual men express their muff-love with such headlong, tone-deaf, desperate-to-be-believed devotion.<<

[ February 10, 2005, 01:26 PM: Message edited by: MPetrelis ]

Actually the rules are like this.

Charles is a widower in the eyes of the Church of England. Even though he was divorced, his ex-wife died before he re-married, therefore he is free to marry anyone in the Church of England with 2 exceptions.
1 - A Member of the Roman Catholic Church or
2 - A divorced person.

The reason for this is that Charles will be head of the Church of England. After Henry 8th, the church got a little anal about divorce, so the laws were changed. I beleive it was after the restoration of the 1660's.

Camilla and Charles cannot be married in the Church of England, so they aren't. They are getting married in a civil ceremony, (sound familiar?), with a service of prayer and thanksgiving to follow.

Camilla also will not be Queen, she will be called the Princess consort (which I thought was Edwards title) when the Queen dies.

Now, they could solve it all and get married in the Church of Scotland, but then Charles would have to renounce.
By having a civil ceremony, he is retaining his Church of England status, that will allow him to become King. And should Camilla die, it would allow him to remarry IN the Church of England.

Are you confused yet?

Arent you shining Rick Santorum's shoes that day?

So if Camilla's ex dies, then she has the same status as Charles and they can then marry in the Church of England.

Stop that! eek!

Joe

Not that I know of.

Queen Mum was a consistent, as well as insistent, obstacle to such marriages. When WSChurchill tried to get her to change her mind on Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson by citing her the example of an earlier king who'd wed a divorcee, she replied, "That was a very long time ago!"

She who must have been obeyed was also not amused.

King Charles and Princess "Rottweiler"...another blow to "traditional marriage." Obviously homos are to blame, somehow....

How much does the British government pay to keep this whole Royal Family crap going? I'd think that taxpayers would be over it by now especially given the scandals of recent years. What does the public get out of having this Royal Family, if anything?

I often ask the same thing, George, along with this question that has long perplexed my otherwise brilliant mind: Just what is this fascination the American media has over the British royal family? :confused:

It would only be if Camilla's ex died before she and Charles were married. The Church of England is actually extremely conservative, and views divorced people marrying as bigamy in the eyes of the lord. I don't think they offer dispensations like the RCC does tho.

Charles will be able to take communion in the Church of England after his marriage to the Rottweiler, but as she is a re-married divorcee, she will not be allowed to.

My whole thoughts on the matter is that Charles has had a fairly shitty life. I don't mean the money, cuz he has scads, but he grew up with an extremely abusive father, and a non-caring mother. When he did get married, it was an arranged marriage to a less than stable person. Don't get me wrong, I was a huge fan of Diana's, but she was never cut out to handle the Royal life.
Charles and Camilla have been lovers for over 30 years. I for one, am very happy that he is finally marrying the love of his life, and I wish them all the best.

But I'm not sure if he will ever be King. With him agreeing to the 3 major points,
1 - Camilla will be Princess Consort only
2 - She will not be made the Princess of Wales
3 - She will be known as HRH the Duchess of Cornwall,

I think he is setting the stage for a gradual withdrawal from being the heir to the throne. I think that it all depends on how long his mother lives, but I think that as William matures, and takes on more responsibility, it is entirely possible that Charles will gradually withdraw from public life, and then when the time is right, he will renounce his place in the line of succession.

What a load o' crapola. The Church of England was founded for one reason and one reason alone -- so the King Henry VIII could get a divorce and subsequently get remarried.

Eddie Izzard:

"So yeah, and the Romans went Christian and then we had Christianity for about 1500 years. You know, Catholicism, we believed in the teachings of Cathol, and everything it stood for .. Then Henry VIII came along. Henry VIII, a big, hairy king, and he said to the Pope, the head of the Catholic Church:

'Mr. Pope! I'm going to marry my first wife, and then I'm going to divorce her. Now, I know what you're going to say but stick with me, my story gets better. I'm going to marry my second wife and then I'm going to kill her, cut her head off! Ah, not expecting that, are ya? Third wife, gonna shoot her. Fourth wife, put her into a bag. Fifth wife, into outer space. Sixth wife, on a Rotissimat. Seventh wife, made out of jam. Eighth wife ...'

And the Pope's going, (in Italian accent ) 'You crazy bugger! You can't do all this! What are you, a Mormon? You can't marry all these people! It's illegal! You can't do all this! I am the Pope, I am the head of the Church, I have to keep up ... ciao! I have to keep up standards. What have you been reading? "The Gospel According to St. Bastard"?'

So Henry VIII, who was Sean Connery for this film, said:

(imitating Sean Connery) 'Well then, I will set up a new religion in this country. I will set up the Psychotic Bastard Religion.'

And an advisor said, 'Why not call it Church of England, Sire?'

'Church of England, actually. Much better... Even though I’m Scottish myself.'

So they did! That's the birth of Church of England, the birth of the Anglican Church! Disgusting, eh? That's no basis to start a religion on! Nothing to do with the Protestant church, I mean, Henry just shagged and killed a lot of women and then stole all the money off the monasteries. You know, rape and pillage, that is!"

(Source: "Dress to Kill" -- rent it, buy it, you'll love it!)

Wonder where they're registered?

Does Dodi still own Harrod's? If not, maybe they are registered there. Dodi owns so much stuff that their only option might be to register at a Mew Jersy Wal-Mart.

Camilla's okay with me. Any woman can ride a horse, but it takes a real aristocrat to look like one.

Let's hope this doesn't turn into a Lifetime Network movie and Camilla seduces William or Harry. The film could be called "My Stepson, My Lover"...oh, wait...already been done. I guess they could do a sequel and call it "My Stepsons, My Lovers".

Actually, one about Chuckie would be better. About 15 years ago I remember seeing a naked picture of him posted on the net, and while from the neck up he's not that good looking, I remember looking at the rest and thinking "Diana, what are you doing. He's rich as Croesus, and hung like a bull elephant. Just shut up, climb on and ride"

A pic of Wills would be awesome...just to see if he inherited the old man's features.

These are the closest pics to a bare Wills that we've seen so far.

[ February 11, 2005, 10:20 AM: Message edited by: bobby78751 ]

In other very important news, the Queen of Denmark (Margrethe II) is suing Missy Elliott (the queen of hip-hop) for copyright infringement. The logo for Elliott's apparel line is too similar / stolen from the Danes.



No word if Latifah will get involved.

I guess Elliott just wanted in on the royalties ...

Link.

Back to the topic at hand.

Somebody sue Madonna, too, because the middle of the M is identical...
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HOW STUPID!

watch out for the british sticks, will you?
from today's correction column of the nyt.
^^^

A front-page article on Friday about Prince Charles's announcement that he will marry his longtime lover, Camilla Parker Bowles, misstated the name of a ceremonial post held by her former husband, Andrew Parker Bowles. It is silver stick in waiting to the queen, not silver stick in waiting to the prince.

The British Royal Family has all kinds of wierd honourary posts (notice the British spelling).

There's the "Knight of the Garter", but my all time favourite is the "Keeper of the Stool".

Yes, he's a toilet cleaner for the Queen, and actually gets a knighthood and a title.

And gets paid for it, and is provided with a "Grace and Favour" apartment at either Kensingtion Palace, or at the Residences of the Tower".

But The STOOL? EEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!

I wonder if he keeps a special necklance, like Guy Pearce's character did in Priscilla. eek! wink

Nah, ABBA is just that much more fabulous than some silly old Queen.

How DARE you call me a .....


Oh, you mean Lizzie.

Sorry.

And the person you refer to as some "Sillie old Queen", is worth Billions. If Britain ever decided to get rid of the Monarchy, it is estimated that it would cost the Exchequer $10 BILLION pounds just to buy the Royal Collections, that are housed in various museums, including the V&A, BRitish Museum, as well as the 4 or 5 museums that the Queen operates privately.

Add to that the cost of the properties, ANd there are about 8 Royal Residences, it would cost the BRitish Gov't about 13 - 15 Billion pounds.

If I had that much money, I'd be called a sillie old Queen too.

I wonder if he's still up to bestowing any pearl ones??? eek!

Can I please, please, please be Wills' Keeper of the Knob?

Actually, I bet you that in 10 years, Harry will be the much sexier one.

Well, well, well, isn't this interesting:

Sunday Mirror Article

Is this where the "family values" crowd really wants to go? I mean, as bad as homophobia may be, do we really need to re-stigmatize divorce?

And how many members of Congress would that eliminate from White House dinners?

Wait a minute. Are we supposed to believe Bush has never entertained any divorcees in the White House? As much as I think Bush is an idiot, I find this claim to be highly suspect.

I don't know the paper, but I suspect you are quoting from one of Britain's notorious tabloids. I wouldn't put any credibility in this story until you read it in other (reputable) places.

Any paper that claims the Queen is 'flying into a rage' is suspect. I mean, how would they know?

Oh come on, I don't believe that Sunday Mirror article. Neil Bush and Doro Bush-whatever-her-name -is are BOTH divorcees--has either of these W sibligs never been to the White House? Fatso drug-addict Rush Limbaugh; Newt Gingrich; and Rudy Giuliani are also divorcees--Giuliani was divorced TWICE, first from Regina Peruggi (later changed to an annulment), then from Donna Hanover (that marriage was not annulled). Did W also kibosh their visits? If not, give me an H, give me a Y, give me a P, give me an O....

Well, there's a mature statement. Name-calling. How grown up of you. What are you, 12 or something?

Never mind the fact that Rush isn't fat. Fat people should be so lucky to lose weight like he did.

The photos on his
Website do not show a non-overweight person, unless your method of comparison is Kirstie Alley or John Candy (RIP). But you didn't quibble about the fact that he was a drug-addict, I see. Family values, let freedom reign!

Having remembered what he looked like years ago, his current picture is NOT one of a "fatso." Overweight people should be so lucky to look like that after having looked a hundred or more pounds larger.

How the hell do you guys manage to turn a thread about Prince Charles' wedding inot a debate on Rush Limbaugh's weight? Jeez give it a rest already. Just because the moderators have a hands off policy in this forum doesn't mean you can't at least attempt to follow the general board rules.

Queen Elizabeth won't attend the wedding.

So the big question is if the husband's mother won't show up, who will attend this wedding?
Only a couple of foxes hunted by Camilla.

If you don't like our exchanges, ignore them. We're not attacking EACH OTHER and I believe my original comment, to which MIB responded, was on the subject of Charles and Camilla's being invited to the White House, given that he is the next in line to the throne of one our nation's closest allies (and the country from which the USA sprang) and a British rag has made this claim--is it substantiated?--about the US president's actions towards said next-in-line divorcé. Police elsewhere.

Two people who will be in attendance are Charles' boys, Harry and William. Queen Elizabeth will host a reception following the wedding service.

Needless to say, I'll be sending the happy couple a blender.

~Adam

Various jokes going the rounds as you can imagine.

My favourite:-

What will the Queen be giving Charles and Camilla for a wedding present?

- An all-expenses-paid honeymoon in Paris complete with chauffeur-driven limousine.

Everyone seems to like talking about the 'snub' being a bad thing, but it's hardly the only thing gone wrong so far with this soon to be marriage. It's been a horribly planned event.