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...really rather an awkward problem." Now, notes David Starkey, a lecturer in history at the London School of Economics, the death of Diana "has put Charles in an impossible position." Just a few weeks ago, a poll revealed that Britons were contemplating the notion that he might marry Camilla with less aversion, if not outright support. Even Diana, shortly before her death, told BBC court correspondent Jennie Bond that Parker Bowles should be given public recognition for her loyalty to Charles. "She realized Camilla was the love of Prince Charles' life," said Bond. "She went on to say that there...
...said he has no intention of doing so, he could marry Parker Bowles and still take the throne. If crowned, he would be the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, which traditionally does not conduct marriages between divorced people when a previous spouse is still living. Charles and Camilla could instead have a civil ceremony, although that would be unseemly for the future head of the church. Or the Church of England could be "disestablished," disentangling it from the monarchy. But getting off on a technicality may enrage too many people: the more traditional clergy are deeply opposed...
...teens, and Prince Charles was turning 30, royal courtiers were casting about for a worthy (i.e., unsullied, virginal) bride for the heir to the throne. It would not matter, evidently, that these courtiers, like the members of the royal family, knew of Charles' semisecret relationship with the married woman Camilla Parker Bowles. The princess-to-be was required to be virginal in every sense--to be ignorant of the very conditions of her marriage. With the cruel logic of those fairy tales that don't end happily, the princess-to-be was intended as a sacrifice to the Establishment...
When is a party more than a party? When a future King is throwing it, publicly, for his mistress. The British press was all atwitter about the implications of the fancy 50th birthday knees-up that CHARLES threw for CAMILLA PARKER BOWLES at his Highgrove estate. Camilla turned up early in a dazzling diamond necklace, possibly a gift from Charles, to greet guests--including her ex-husband. The bash was held in a 120-ft.-long marquee in Highgrove's meticulously tended gardens. Everyone was happy except perhaps the local vicar, who pointed out to the BBC a few days...
...fashion, at least, London is reprising its swinging Carnaby Street days of 30 years ago. It may be that some of the duo's panache comes from being English. British culture is not hospitable to the zany, the innovative. It prefers solid, stout garments to high fashion, and Camilla is the paradigm, not Diana. So a young person seriously interested in a subversive field like fashion is likely to be highly rebellious...