Looks like sooner or later Bonnie Prince Charlie will take the throne. And I suppose we'll be seeing his smiling face on our coins, bills and postage stamps... perhaps, on some special coronation stamp issue, along with Her Rottweilerness Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. Who will then of course be Queen. Oh, spare me. For a preview, see... http://image.shutterstock.com/displ...ting-the-royal-wedding-of-prince-46991101.jpg ....with Diana's face replaced by You-Know-Who. Or, is she going to be "Princess Consort Camilla". Too awkward. No, I'm afraid it's going to be "Queen Camilla" sooner or later. Unless such a big uproar blows up that it provokes a constitutional crisis abolishing the monarchy. Unthinkable? And yet there's a historical precedent -- 1649. Obviously I'm no fan of the Duchess. Of course, Princess Di was no fairytale princess, either. Her public image was rosy but in private she could be spiteful and vindictive. Cinderella was also exploited, but managed to retain a sweet, innocent personality; never holding press conferences or interviews on the BBC denouncing her step-mother or her vain daughters. But if Charles really loved Camilla all along why didn't he marry the woman before she got hitched up to the Silver Stick? And surely Lady Di would have been better off as a happy Earless of Spencer than a miserable Princess of Wales. Maybe I just have a bad attitude. Charles is gonna be King and his wife the Queen, like it or lump it. And it's a lot more comfortable liking something than being bitter. Especially when it doesn't affect me personally; it's not as if I'm likely to be called upon to receive the Royal Couple here in my fifth-wheel trailer (or "caravan" in the Queen's English). So I'll just repeat "Queen Camilla" this and "Queen Camilla" that 100 times until I get so used to it that it sounds natural. I am a monarchist after all; I think the Royals have an important place in society. But "Queen Camilla of Canada"? (shudder... maybe it'll be easier to take along with a tot of Pusser's Royal Navy rum. Better a dysfunctional Royal Family than none at all I suppose. When the Germans lost their monarchy in 1918 it left a social void... and look who stepped up in 1933 to fill it. Meanwhile I wonder if Triumph will come out with a Coronation Edition Bonneville. Perhaps with Charles' face on one side cover and Camilla's on the other, and, on the rear fender, a horse's a-- [shoot, how do I keep these bad thoughts from crossing my mind?] Sean Quinlan Vancouver, BC CANADA
He's not that Zed Johnson **** too is he? -- Nige, 'That's shot the fox' Eunos Roadster (for summer) Grand Cherokee (for winter)
Something similar seemed to matter a whole lot in 1936. The ghost of Wallis, Duchess of Windsor may soon stalk the land... and not in a good mood, either. SQ
"Ours" were "theirs" anyway -- Krauts, the lot of them, ever since George I, Elector of Hanover took the throne in 1714. In fact the Royal Family is so German that they're *imbred* German. Made even worse when Queen Vickie married and produced 9 kids with her 1st cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. SQ
Further to my last... Perhaps I should have explained that when I'm sober (which is some of the time) I'm a loyal subject of the British Crown. However, let my blood-ethanol reach the level of legal impairment and then I've been known to start belting out Irish Rebel songs, starting with "Come Out Ye Black and Tans" in a loud gravelly baritone. SQ
Great, i'm happy for you, now do **** off. -- Nige, 'That's shot the fox' Eunos Roadster (for summer) Grand Cherokee (for winter)
I really do not give a monkey's left knacker. -- Nige, 'That's shot the fox' Eunos Roadster (for summer) Grand Cherokee (for winter)
I suspect SQ is more concerned about England becoming a republic before Canadia does (with all their froggies an all).
