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Charles Does it again
By Nick Hodge | April 10, 2005
"Our" Prince, and future King, Charles has married again. This time, to a divorced woman. In my books, there is nothing wrong with this state of affairs. Life is complex; a road that has many twists, speed-bumps and turns. As people, I wish them well.
Historically interesting items and questions:
- The wedding was postponed for 24 hours due to the funeral of the pope. The future head of the Church of England; split-off from the Catholic Church in the 15th Century - with much acrimony to the point of civil war - changed his plans for the head of the "opposition". This shows the changes in our worldview in recent decades and is laudable.
- Married in a civil ceremony rather than a christian service - the first time since the time christianity hit English shores.
- The Queen did not attending the civil ceremony. Where is the foregiveness here? Nor did she attend the Pope's funeral.
- After Princes William and Harry, what is the line of succession now? In historic times, and in similar situations, the second-wife would be out to have her progeny get into the formal order of succession. Research shows that Price Andrew is then next in line. Wars have been waged on these matters.
- Protocol-wise, Camilla is now fourth most important. As a republican, I cannot understand how a civil marriage by the future head of the Church of England is now the fourth most important person in our Constitutional Monarchy.
- OK, I'll give the Queen a break. If it is not a personal choice to not attend but rather there is a matter of protocol that says that she should not attend - either way: spite or protocol; this is a sad indictment on the system of this English monarchy of the Battenburg-Windors.
- The Queen's own wedding was not without controversy. She was married 2 years after the end of World War II. Prince Phillip Battenburg's (anglicised to Mountbatten) many German relations could not attend the ceremony as it was too soon after the war. See - everyone's weddings are steeped in some sort of familial controversy and stress. Three of the Queen's four children's marriages have ended in divorce. This must weigh on her mind greatly.
To quote Dennis from The Holy Grail: " Listen -- strange women lying in ponds distributing
swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
" Recent historical events are not aquatic, but strikes me as metaphorically weak.
How will history see the events of recent decades?
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