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Pope's Funeral/Charles & Camilla Wedding

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Earlybird · 04/04/2005 12:22

I read that the Pope's funeral has now been scheduled for Friday....the day Charles and Camilla are due to wed. In your opinion, should they postpone their wedding?

And, do you have any feelings about their wedding...especially with all the confusion about will she/won't she eventually be Queen, and will she/won't she be given the title of Princess of Wales?

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chicca · 04/04/2005 13:02

As a born cynic I think it is hilarious. I can just imagine the scene in the Clarence House press office. I was musing the other day with DH whether they might have just sent a casual e-mail to the Vatican. "Just wondering old chaps, would you mind awfully not having the do on our day"..........

elliott · 04/04/2005 13:07

Probably the best thing to have happened re the wedding so far - at least we won't have to put up with acres of media coverage now.
I've no particular objection to them marrying but they shouldn't drag the rest of us along with it...I mean, STAMPS ffs??

Fimbo · 04/04/2005 13:07

LOL Chicca. To be honest I am not that bothered about either, although I do find The Lying in State thing a bit creepy.

dyzzidi · 04/04/2005 13:11

I think the lying in state thing is odd but i always think it is odd (queen mother).

Also being cynical I wonder if the cost of a flight to Rome has trebled yet???

dyzzidi · 04/04/2005 13:11

I think the lying in state thing is odd but i always think it is odd (queen mother).

Also being cynical I wonder if the cost of a flight to Rome has trebled yet???

Gobbledigook · 04/04/2005 13:14

No, I don't think they should postpone their wedding. Why have they arranged for the pope's funeral on the same day - the wedding was already arranged - couldn't the funeral be the day before or the day after?

I'm not all that bothered about the wedding but I hope they will be very happy - they are obviously made for each other - they've lasted all these years in not the most ideal of circumstances and everyone deserves happiness.

I'm not that bothered about whether she is Queen or not either - hopefully it will be only a short stint then William will be on the throne (not that I'd wish it on him, poor bloke).

whimsy · 04/04/2005 13:16

Im sure the last thing on the Vatican's mind at the moment is Charles and Camilla's wedding.

elliott · 04/04/2005 13:18

Actually I'm looking forward to a charles monarchy because I think he will be pretty unpopular and hopefully that will allow a renegotiation and down-grading of the whole royalty show.

snafu · 04/04/2005 13:18

Yes, lol at the idea of the Vatican postponing for Charlie's registry office do. But apart from that I agree with you gdg.

dyzzidi · 04/04/2005 13:18

I have to agree whimsy, I am sure the royals would not arrange around the vatican.

Gobbledigook · 04/04/2005 13:20

Right then, so why should they postpone?! No reason! If the vatican doesn't give a stuff about their wedding, why should they give a stuff about the pope?

I don't.

Caligula · 04/04/2005 13:20

'coz he's more important than them.

Chortle.

Gobbledigook · 04/04/2005 13:21

I wasn't suggesting that the funeral be arranged around C&C's wedding but by the same token, they should not have to rearrange because the pope died. He's head of the RC church, not the Church of England.

Gobbledigook · 04/04/2005 13:22

That's a matter of opinion Caligula - I place rather more emphasis on our royal family than the RC church personally.

dyzzidi · 04/04/2005 13:22

I dont think they should postpone. I just don't think they should marry but they are obviously going to do so.

Why let the pope get in their way, Two marriages four kids and a watchful public/press didn't stop them destroying people and having affairs so why now should they consider anyone.

Ameriscot2005 · 04/04/2005 13:23

I think they should go ahead with the registry office bit, but postpone the blessing to a later date. There's no reason for both to be on the same day.

snafu · 04/04/2005 13:23

Whom did they destroy, dyzzidi?

donnie · 04/04/2005 13:24

I agree with sansouci - the comments about the Pope made earlier are in very bad taste as well as narrow minded. I'm not sure whether I agree that the wedding should go ahead on this day or not - after all, the Church of England was established, as throckenholt says,as a final break from Rome so in theory why should they care ? what is more interesting and significant IMO is that the Queen will not be attending the wedding since she apparently has said it conflicts with her role as head of the Church of England. Or something! I do feel the marriage is a bit unpopular though, and I was watching a tv prog last night all about Princess Diana ( admittedly pretty trash tv - ITV3 !) which documented how Charles and Camilla were sleeping together throughtout his engagement, let alone the marriage itself.So basically I tend to feel they can both f* off!and the fact that they won't reschedule the wedding reflects the fact that they seem to just not really care anymore what people think about them.

marialuisa · 04/04/2005 13:25

GdG-I think the problem for C&C is that many of their guests do give a stuff about the Pope and if forced to make a choice will opt for the funeral over the wedding (and that includes the Archbishop of canterbury).

So if C&C really do want a small wedding they can go ahead as planned but some of their friends and relatives (after all, half the monarchies in Europe are related) may be unimpressed.

Caligula · 04/04/2005 13:27

There are very few people on Earth who believe that C&C are more significant than the pope.

Even if they are atheists.

dyzzidi · 04/04/2005 13:27

I believe they destroyed their husband/wife.

Can you imagine marrying the man/woman you love for them to continue an affair throughout your marriage. Her husband must have been as devastated as Diana but without the public pressure. I just can't imagine what he would have gone through always trying to compete with the future king of england, knowing her heart was always somewhere else.

As for Diana put yourself in her shoes, we all know what she went through.

DillyDally · 04/04/2005 13:27

The arguments for postponing the wedding are that as the royal family are supposed to represent the UK, they have responsibilities. One of which is to attend key events for world leaders to show respect on behalf of everyone living here, therefore someone from the family should attend.

If it is was my marriage, I would want my parents there and this means that probably they cannot both be.
However as neither of them were going anyway (Royal they may be but a family? Not too sure about that)the wedding should go ahead.
We should pay no attention to them, as that is what they want and boycott their stamps.
And then wait for Charles to whinge about being ignored and no one listening to his organic biscuit speeches.

flashingnose · 04/04/2005 13:29

Do you think possibly we shouldn't take everything we read in papers/see on TV about C&C/Diana as the gospel truth?

dyzzidi · 04/04/2005 13:30

I don't believe what the papers say is true about everybody is'nt that the nature of a tabloid

LIZS · 04/04/2005 13:33

ML were that many distant European Royal relatives who might have such divided loyalties due to appear anyway ? Haven't really taken much notice of it tbh so don't know what scale the blessing is planned.

Think they are capitalising on public indifference in getting married in the first place but could well alienate the Catholic population (think I heard it was at least 5 million practising) if they go ahead.