Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Royal wedding postponed for Pope

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread		 This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » Latest Breaking News Donate to DU
 
muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 09:05 AM
Original message
Royal wedding postponed for Pope
(mods: since this directly, and definitely, contradicts the ealrier headline, I though this deserved its own thread)

The Prince of Wales' wedding to Camilla Parker Bowles has been postponed until Saturday due to a clash with the Pope's funeral in Rome.

Announcing the change, Clarence House said Prince Charles would be attending the funeral mass in Rome on Friday.

It said the postponement was "a mark of respect" for the pontiff.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4409507.stm
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 09:09 AM
Response to Original message
1. i can't beLieve the pope's getting married
i see severaL things wrong with that...
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Inland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 09:11 AM
Response to Reply #1
3. Being dead and all..... nt
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 01:09 PM
Response to Reply #1
10. LOL strike one for copy editor n/t
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 09:11 AM
Response to Original message
2. The Pope's getting married?
Somebody needs to go back to Headline Writing 101...
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
demnan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 09:13 AM
Response to Original message
4. That romance seems to be born under a bad sign
Momma Queen probably insisted he postpone his wedding. Charles is the most hen-pecked man in the world.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Maple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 10:10 AM
Response to Reply #4
6. Since he is the heir to the throne
and the future head of the church of England...as his mother currently is...it's rather important he be at the funeral.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 01:38 PM
Response to Reply #4
13. for the amount of money he gets annually, let 'em wait a day
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 09:19 AM
Response to Original message
5. Also, the fact that the wedding "blesser"
The Archbishop of Canterbury, along with half the guests (the Blairs, eg) were going to Rome. Bad karma to push ahead. Better to wait, people will be ready for a party a bit later....
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
emad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 10:12 AM
Response to Original message
7. Royal invite for tiffin carriers
BBC

Two of the famous lunch-box, or tiffin, carriers from the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) have been invited to Prince Charles' wedding on Saturday.

Raghunath Medge and Sopan Mare are two of the dabbawallahs who pooled money a few weeks ago to send Charles and wife-to-be Camilla Parker Bowles gifts.

Prince Charles met the tiffin carriers on his trip to India two years ago.

Mumbai has an estimated 5,000 tiffin carriers delivering about 175,000 lunch boxes daily in a century-old tradition.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4408545.stm

GENERAL PINOCHET to be best man???
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 10:18 AM
Response to Original message
8. You Know It Would Have Been Really Classy....
to marry quietly, without the Archbishop etc etc under the cover of the hoopla over the Pope's funeral. It would have shown that this was a real marriage, not a State event, as well as a good way to frustrate the paparazzi, if one held them in the contempt one has stated.

But let's not ask for miracles. The hasn't been any class in this corner since Diana threw in the towel.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
kskold Donating Member (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 01:33 PM
Response to Reply #8
12. not classy at all
Like saying it would have been classy for a president's daughter to get married the week before Reagan's funeral.

Prince Charles has responsibilities - and attending state funerals is one of them.

If you think the press has been giving them a hard time already - they would have had a field-day with that kind of display of disrespect and selfishness. Paparazzi or no.

I think he should have married Camilla a long time ago and I'm glad they're finally getting their chance.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
RPM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 08:34 AM
Response to Reply #12
17. why not
if they want to get married the week before the reagan funeral, so be it. none of these people are effing dieties...
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 10:41 AM
Response to Original message
9. I don't see why - the Pope wasn't going anyway. No conflict there.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Tweed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 01:11 PM
Response to Reply #9
11. Prince Charles is going to the funeral
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-04-05 01:55 PM
Response to Original message
14. Channel4 News just pointed out this screws the memorabilia sellers
who have already printed their tea-towels and mugs with Friday's date (yes, there are apparently some people who will buy that stuff, even for this event).
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
emad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 08:22 AM
Response to Original message
15. Curse of Diana Act 9/11, Scene 43: Wedding off as Pretender attends father
http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s1i7822
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
RPM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 08:30 AM
Response to Original message
16. i find this hilarious
Once upon a time, an english king ditched the catholic church and stuck it to the pope so he could escape catholic doctrine and marry as he saw fit.

Hundreds of years later, an english royal has to postpone his wedding for the death of pontiff which his family eschewed centuries ago.

I mean, what good is starting your own religion and sticking it to the pope so you can marry, if you cant stick it to the pope and get married on Friday, if you damn well please...

hee hee hee
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri May 03rd 2024, 11:41 AM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » Latest Breaking News Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC