Word: brides
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...from our first episode, Where's Charlie?, that the Prince took several nasty spills on the course about this time, and many of his subjects, who were aware that two previous Kings had died after horseback catastrophes, fretted about his wellbeing. Charles' attempts to find a suitable bride-or the attempts by the press to find one for him-resulted in many false starts, much bruised feeling and the occasional contretemps that seems, in retrospect, almost comic. At the time though, his quest was no laughing matter. Anthony Holden, one of his biographers, recalls that Charles became...
...Parliament after another of his frequent excoriations of the extravagant royals, Conservative M.P. Geoffrey Finsberg scoffed, "Those who share Mr. Hamilton's view will doubtless have left the chamber with him." What Hamilton wants is a wedding-or, in his phrase, "jamboree"-financed by the families of the bride and groom, "both exceedingly wealthy." In a rational debate, Hamilton might be hard to argue down. But this is a question of spirit, not logic. There is nothing at all rational about a royal wedding, which is part of its charm. It may also be-reluctant though anyone would...
...would have made only one change: they would have supplied a piquant biography. Color, however, is not wanted in a royal bride. Indeed, several earlier candidates for the Prince's chosen were dropped from competition because they had been rather too brightly painted in shades of scarlet. One, Fiona Watson, was discovered to have posed deshabille for Penthouse. Another, Davina Sheffield, was scratched after a former swain mouthed off about their life together. Perhaps a double standard should be etched into the royal coat of arms. "I wonder how the British people would react if they knew the extent...
...bride, however, had to be unblemished. "First on the list was virginity," insisted H.B. Brooks-Baker of Debrett's, the chronicler of British bloodlines, who once drew up a few requirements that aspiring Princesses of Wales should meet. "Second was the ability to do the job. Very few people understand how many really dreary things royalty must do. Third, she must be seen to have the potential to bear heirs to the throne [meaning that she should look young and robust]." Presumably Lady Diana has met and passed these obstacles...
...like other boys of his social class, to boarding schools, first Cheam in Berkshire, then Gordonstoun in Scotland. Gordonstoun was a fairly tough place-cold showers in the morning, long runs in the often inclement weather before class-and Charles, despite a deficiency in mathematics shared with his future bride, did well. He went on to earn a degree in archaeology and anthropology at Trinity College, Cambridge, becoming the first university graduate in the royal family, and served as an officer in both the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy. But if his schooling and military training brought him outside...