The last I heard, Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles were finally tying the knot today. Maybe they already have, since England is several hours ahead of St. Joseph, Michigan.
Anybody who has followed Charles’ and Camilla’s romance, knows it’s been an on-again, off-again sort of thing for years. Mostly on, however, even when both were married to others.
I think Charles is more than a bit of a cad. When he married Diana, it seemed primarily to provide a direct heir to the throne behind himself, once he ever became king. Diana did that for him; all the while he continued to tryst away with Camilla.
Charles isn’t the first man to cheat on his wife; he isn’t even the first royal to do so. In fact, it appears that marrying a divorced woman won’t even stand in the way of his acceding the thrown on the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. In olden days it would have.
The queen’s uncle, English King Edward VI, gave up his throne to marry divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson. Even the queen’s own sister renounced the man she loved because he was divorced; and she wasn’t even in the direct line of succession. But Charles is the energizer bunny of royalty. He just keeps going, going, going.
I understand he’s been waiting since birth to become the King of England. But if the rules for the monarchy specify that the King or Queen cannot marry someone who is divorced, then maybe Charles should abdicate in favor of his son. Or maybe the Queen could issue an edict that passes over him. He and Camilla can still go to their polo games, and Diana would have the last laugh.
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