King Charles III of the United Kingdom

[phenobarbara]

Charles just wanted her for breeding a couple of heirs and he wanted to keep seeing his mistress

One of his friends was once quoted as saying "it never occurred to him that his life should change after he got married." Indeed, he wanted to have his cake and eat it too. Diana had emotional problems, but in some cases, I don't fault her for them. Example: the Balmoral stage of their honeymoon. He left Diana alone in the house while and he and his friends went off on long walks. First of all, who the fuck brings their friends along on their honeymoon, and secondly, to leave your new spouse behind and go off and play? On your honeymoon? When Diana voiced her displeasure at this, they labeled her "needy." Again, the woman definitely had her problems, but she was justified in her anger sometimes.

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I guess Joan's adopting the "adjacent-to-royalty=royalty" mentality.

From Evening Standard/This is London
link

Of the 750 invited guests, many know Charles and Camilla "only vaguely", the source said. "There are perhaps 80 or 90 close friends among the guests but the rest are what you might call rent-a-crowd types. A lot of people have been expressing surprise that they have been invited.

I guess this explains why Joan Rivers was invited...

Off Topic--I'm sure Moldy will have to fix my link. I'm so sorry! The tags on this board are completely confusing to me...

[borborygmus]

I enjoyed Slate's snarky concise history of Fred 'n' Gladys
but I think the other article
got it right with this

Charles' mistake was to get his weddings out of order: He married his first wife second and his trophy wife first.

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That has made it difficult for the catering staff who have had to change their food orders at short notice when it was put back a day

They changed their food orders? Why - is no one coming now? Or did the queen decide that 3 different flavors of jello was too indulgent.

[LurkerNan]

Or did the queen decide that 3 different flavors of jello was too indulgent.

Nah, Camilla wanted a different kind of alfalfa mix in her feedbag.

[Door]

Is anyone watching the wedding arrivals? I can't be the only one...

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Door said:

Is anyone watching the wedding arrivals? I can't be the only one...

Don't worry Door. I am too, since it's 4:30am where I'm at. I wasn't planning on it, but my cat woke me up by throwing up. Lovely.

Camilla looked very nice and tasteful. I liked her wedding outfit.

I am watching CNN. Is Anderson Cooper and idiot or what? Fist he says that Charles and Di married at Westminster Cathedral ad his partner had to correct him and tell him it was actually St. Paul's. Then he can't even pronouce "Guildhall" right. What a dork!

[Brookie]

Or did the queen decide that 3 different flavors of jello was too indulgent.

Nah, Camilla wanted a different kind of alfalfa mix in her feedbag.

I just had to clean my morning coffee off the keyboard! That's great! (I'd completely forgotten about the jello and the alfalfa with my excitement about the "CC" monogrammed sporks!

I'm watching their arrivals on NBC's "Today Show". What's with her fucking hat? She's just gotta wear those Gawdawful hats. If you're going to wear something that looks like a white flying saucer, at least have the decency to have the brim be much larger to cover your entire face, not just part of it.

The Today Show guy asked the NYC crowd if her hat looked like some alfalfa growing out of the top of her head. At least she didn't arrive with a horse blanket draped over her shoulders.

And Wills and Harry arrived on a BUS! (Is that a Royal Bus??)

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Oh, I forgot about the BUS. But it was a Mercedes BUS. I wonder if they sang "The wheels on the BUS go round and round."

I think they could have had the heir and the spare arive in a more dignified fashion.

ETA: Getty has pictures up already!

EATA: A streaker at the royal wedding! What a hoot!

[Brookie]

OK, so I have a burning question about the hats. I'm not a hat person, I'm lucky to remember to wear one when the weather is cold.

Does the royal family go to the Goofy Hat Shoppe and ask for the absolute silliest looking thing in the store? The one with the most doo-dads, feathers, flowers, alfalfa, width, girth, breadth, bows? Are hats for the women some kind of "must"? Are they to cover up really awful hair-dos? Is it some kind of contest (the winner getting the extra plate of chicken wings, of course)? How come the guys are hatless? Wills's hair looks like he just got out of bed and ran a spork through it. Phil has very little hair left to speak of, as do Andy and Eddie. Sophie Wessex looks like somebody sat on one side of her hat and crushed it in, but she decided to wear it anyway. Camilla changed clothing between ceremonies but has this feathery concoction on her head that resembles one of the outer spiral galaxies in the universe.