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CAMILLA PARKER BOWLES, now H.R.H. THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL, finally married PRINCE CHARLES on a crisp Saturday in Windsor. The wedding had seemed positively jinxed. The royal chapel wasn't licensed for civil weddings, so they had to switch to a public hall; the Queen didn't attend the actual ceremony; the Pope's funeral postponed it all by a day. But in the end the crowd cheered warmly, and Camilla's dress got thumbs up. Did a coach and horses then whisk the couple away? No, a car did; their royal relatives actually clambered onto buses for the Queen...
WHAT TO CALL THE BRIDE? After the wedding, Camilla becomes Duchess of Cornwall. If Charles is crowned, she'll officially be Queen, but says she prefers the title Princess Consort...
...DIED. BOBBY SHORT, 80, cabaret performer whose combination of swank elegance and boyish exuberance became a symbol of Manhattan sophistication, drawing glitterati from Woody Allen (who featured Short in two movies) to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor; in New York City. His Great American Songbook repertoire included stylish, raspy celebrations of Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and Fats Waller. After first playing professionally at the age of 11 as the "Miniature King of Swing," he became a fixture for 36 years at New York's Carlyle Hotel Cafe, where he would have opened its 50th anniversary season...
DIED. BOBBY SHORT, 80, boyishly exuberant cabaret performer who became a symbol of Manhattan sophistication, drawing glitterati from Woody Allen (who featured Short in two movies) to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor; in New York City. With a repertoire that included raspy celebrations of Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and Fats Waller, Short began his career at age 11 as the Miniature King of Swing and was a fixture at New York City's Carlyle Hotel for 36 years. After attempting to retire from that job last year, he planned to make this season his last...
...While I'm flattered by your recent invitation to celebrate the April wedding of His Royal Highness Charles, the Prince of Wales, and Mrs. Camilla Parker Bowles, the future Duchess of Cornwall and Princess Consort (or whatever combination of flowery titles the Royal stationer deems necessary to lend her calling cards and thank-you notes that traditional noble oomph) I must regretfully inform you that I will be unable to attend. Even more regretfully, I feel it is my duty to be candid about my reasons for non-attendance, which have nothing to do with ill-health or prior engagements...