Members Bright Eyes Posted November 19, 2010 Members Share Posted November 19, 2010 Wouldn't she automatically become the queen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted November 19, 2010 Members Share Posted November 19, 2010 No, I'm forgetting how the protocol for that sort of things goes. The newspapers tomorrow will be full of it, I expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted November 21, 2010 Members Share Posted November 21, 2010 Who gives a f--k? Am I the only one that doesnt care that these two are getting married? Im sick of all the coverage they are getting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted November 21, 2010 Members Share Posted November 21, 2010 It is an absolute non-event. Royal weddings ended in the 1980s. Charles and Diana's was the swan song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sheilaforever Posted November 21, 2010 Members Share Posted November 21, 2010 More like REAL bad karma if you ask me. Kate looks good, slightly gold-diggerish but she seems to like to be stuck with William (who needs to rush that wedding if he wants to be fast than his receiding hair line...). So maybe this union actually stands a chance. Good look to them. Nope, she would remain a princess. (Hence Prince Phillip even in his nineties remains a prince and it is not King of England) But they are second in line anyway - Charless is actually the successor of the house Windsor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Administrator Toups Posted November 21, 2010 Administrator Share Posted November 21, 2010 'm not 100% sure on this, but Prince Phillip is not a King because he married a Queen. But a woman can be Queen if she married a King. I think all of Henry VIII's wives were considered Queens. ETA: Here someone explains it better: "Kate will be Queen Consort, Elizabeth is Queen Regnant, meaning she rules in her own right. Ingrained sexism means we've never had a King Consort - hence why poor Prince Philip isn't King. However, if you have a King Regnant - like William will be - his wife does become Queen." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted November 21, 2010 Members Share Posted November 21, 2010 Henry the Eighth ruled in the first half of the 16th century and wasn't a Windsor. He was a Tudor. Royal law changed since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted November 21, 2010 Administrator Share Posted November 21, 2010 Really? A 'non-event'? I don't know about that. Pretty sure all the US Networks, and many other countries, will telecast this wedding and millions of people will watch all over the world. Will it get as many viewers as Diana/Charles? No. I know. Maybe using Henry was a bad example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaytimeFan Posted November 21, 2010 Members Share Posted November 21, 2010 Toups has it right. Catherine Middleton will be Queen Consort once William is King Regent. Same situation as with Queen Elizabeth II's father and the late Queen Mother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted November 21, 2010 Members Share Posted November 21, 2010 That's the most interesting part of the monarchy: the protocol, the rules, patterns of behaviour. And what else is relevant about it? Only because millions of people will be watching. And then what? What other serious implications does it have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted November 21, 2010 Administrator Share Posted November 21, 2010 I don't know. It's not going to change politics or anything. But I know it's not a 'non-event.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaytimeFan Posted November 21, 2010 Members Share Posted November 21, 2010 It ain't called "The Firm" for nothing. I think it will be a bit of a morale boost for dreary, broke, unhappy, ugly, ignorant, violent, tacky, England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted November 21, 2010 Author Members Share Posted November 21, 2010 You can't base anything on Internet comments but I do sometimes feel some want to tear down the wedding before it ever happens. Some of the comments like oh, he already gave her his mother's engagement ring, how cheap and tacky -- I thought that was what Diana wanted. Considering all the public flailing over her you'd think a lot of people would be pleased. I guess they probably are but those who aren't pleased are more vocal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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