They do it to themselves, they do
So currently Charles is marrying Camilla in Windsor Town Hall. It's quite possibly illegal. But it doesn't matter as no-one important will be there to notice. His sons won't be his best men, and he's not going to have a best man. His mother and father can't be bothered to attend even though it's only about 500m away from their house.This is not the Royal Family's finest hour. Chris Brooke and I had a discussion earlier this year on which tactics were best to rid us of these silly people - I preferred the ridicule method, whereas he took both sides of the argument (as Oxford academics are obliged to do) before finally disagreeing and saying that the constitutional disgrace should be the catalyst.
What we both forgot is if they're hell-bent on destroying themselves it's not really going to be up to us. The decision by the Queen and her husband not to attend her own son's wedding is so silly it must have hastened the day Britain becomes a Republic by about ten years. The decision can only be seen as a snub to Charles, a snub to the country (the man is the heir to the throne), and a vindication of those of us who have mocked the thought so beloved of Monarchists that the Queen has 'never put a foot wrong' and that she gives two hoots about the country or her subjects.
Will Charles ever become King? Surely not.
posted by Matthew @ 2/23/2005 08:26:00 AM
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