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Royal watchers will speculate whether the Queen Mother's passing will further encourage Charles in his increasingly public relationship with his long-time companion, Camilla Parker-Bowles. The Queen Mother's problem was never with Camilla, whom she considered to be a "charming, sensible woman," according to one friend. Rather, she appreciated the problems such a union would pose for the institution of the monarchy and refused to consider the possibility of marriage on that basis. Just last week, Charles and Camilla were together for the first time at Buckingham Palace in the presence of the Queen, at a concert...
...hard to remember now, but at one time the British royal family was very sensitive about scandal. This was before Charles convened his triangular marriage with Diana and Camilla, before Andrew and Fergie went their separate wiggy ways, before Prince Harry discovered pot. To be precise, it was the 1950s, in the still lingering aftermath of the abdication of Edward VIII, when the young Queen Elizabeth II was gamely reinforcing the credibility--meaning the dullness--of the throne and her younger sister Margaret was straining at the leash...
...home. Since Diana's death, when Charles was widely reviled as a clueless emotional eunuch, he has doggedly worked to restore his reputation--which depends crucially on being seen as a good father. Even his determined campaign to accustom the country (and his mother) to the wifelike status of Camilla Parker Bowles takes second place to burnishing his paternal image. Charles' aides were savvy enough to cooperate once the News of the World sought confirmation for its newest scoop, which meant his thoughtful handling of Harry and the drug-clinic visit got a lot more ink than Club...
...cerebral member of the Church of England's An-glo-Catholic wing, is highly regarded by Prince Charles, who likes his traditionalist approach and asked Chartres - not Carey - to confirm Prince William. Also with a friend in the top job, Charles might find it easier eventually to marry Camilla Parker Bowles. Divorced couples are currently remarried in the church only at the discretion of the priest - another thorny issue waiting to ambush the Canterbury incumbent. Meanwhile, Chartres may take hope from the pattern of recent decades: the Canterbury job has alternated between the denomination's high church "smells and bells...
...Winners CAMILLA PARKER BOWLES Royal girlfriend named head of the National Osteoporosis Society. This makes the score in the popularity contest: Diana 5,000?Camilla 1 CARLOS MENEM Ex-Argentine president and Latin lover cleared of conspiracy charges, allowing him to focus exclusively on Julio Iglesias look-alike contests POPE JOHN PAUL II Techno-pontiff posts first ever online papal apology, for the clergy's sexual abuse of kids?then plays Everquest until he's slain by an elf Losers MICK JAGGER Solo Stone album sells only 954 copies on first day in U.K. That's pretty good considering most...