Word: royals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Charles who?" asked the singer, forgetting for the moment the Prince's warm admiration of her top notes. Her agent hastily explained, his client hastily accepted, and this week, Kiri Te Kanawa, originally from New Zealand and lately of the Royal Opera, will let her shimmering soprano loose on a three-minute anthem by Handel. She will be accompanied by a trumpet soloist and 95 other musicians drawn from three orchestras in which the bridegroom has taken a particular interest...
...must not let in daylight upon magic." This wedding on the cusp of high noon, in front of a world short on ritual and parched for romance, is in fact one grand pass of the royal wand, a masterly and pricey piece of prestidigitation in which, at once, the old values are upheld, the future is assured and everyone can be queen...
Squaring off with the responsibility of setting a strong example is still one of the most important of British royal functions. It comes with the crown; it comes with the territory. Queen Elizabeth seems well aware of her symbolic roles, but she has also demonstrated a keen awareness of the force of her favor, a good working understanding of the subtle political interplay that keeps the British monarchy bobbing just above the breaking edge of parliamentary politics. "It is its capacity as a political deterrent, which is not less effective for being unused, that gives the crown, and the nation...
...thing quite straight," the late Lord Mountbatten said in 1978. "The Queen is not going to abdicate. Everyone would advise her not to, beginning with the Prince of Wales." Last week a source close to the royal family told TIME: "It is a fair assumption that the Queen will continue on the throne for as long as her health permits, and she, with her family's support, feels she has a useful job to do for the state." One member of the immediate family also made it quite clear that Charles will have a long wait-perhaps...
...eleven royal coaches roll toward St. Paul's, and an expected 2 million spectators jam the processional route, cheering, shouting, waving flags and banners, the princely bridegroom might still take a fast two-step forward in time, thinking about another occasion on which he will be in such a procession, hearing such cheering. But he will be carrying more years then, and a much graver weight. Better to dwell in the present, when the shadows have been beaten back for a few festive days, and a watching world wants to crown him and his bride with only one wish...