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...flash of emotion with a long spasm of ritual. So it was that around Christmas, Prince Charles got down on one knee and proposed to Camilla Parker Bowles. She accepted. Then the Prince asked his mother Queen Elizabeth for official consent. The Queen, in accordance with the centuries-old Royal Marriages Act, asked Prime Minister Tony Blair for the government's approval. The PM consulted with the attorney general. Meanwhile, the Church of England chewed over the religious significance of a middle-aged, divorced prince trading vows with his middle-aged, divorced live-in girlfriend. Any reasonable couple would have...
...tortured way, the British monarchy stepped into the 21st century last week when it granted Charles permission to become the first heir to the throne to marry a divorcé. Never mind that the heavily negotiated solution to the joint problem of royal divorce and succession arrived 70 years too late for poor Edward VIII and nearly 500 years too late for Anne Boleyn. The living parties all felt like celebrating. In their first betrothed public appearance, the Prince of Wales, 56, smiled and blushed while Parker Bowles, 57, showed off her ring and giddily declared, "I'm just coming down...
...steadily in value, both monetary and sentimental. Or so my na?ve great aunts assumed. But then came the extramarital affairs, the sordid taped phone calls, the bitter divorce, and the tragic automobile crash. These events not only broke my loved one's hearts, they rendered their costly collections of royal curios virtually worthless...
...Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales: ?During the day, we watch polo. At night we spoon...
...Like many Saudis, al Ammari believes last week's election is a long-awaited response by the Saudi royal family to demands for change that followed the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, which featured 15 young Islamic extremists from Saudi Arabia among the 19 hijackers. Despite the vote's obvious shortcomings, Saudi newspaper headlines hailed the Kingdom's ?historic? election day and speculated that next on the reform agenda would be balloting for the 120-member Shura Council, a quasi-parliament whose members are appointed by King Fahd bin Abdulaziz al Saud...