 |
|
10-31-2018, 07:45 PM
|
|
Majesty
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 7,495
|
|
|
The 1980s wasn't the 18th century, or even the 19th. The Queen would be the only person powerful enough to order that proof of virginity be supplied for Charles's bride and I'm absolutely certain she didn't.
Books about Charles and Diana often state that any woman Charles married 'had' to be a virgin, in order to partly explain why Diana was chosen. There was no such condition. It had just been a suggestion of Lord Mountbatten's to prevent any ex lovers selling salacious stories to the tabloids.
__________________
|
11-01-2018, 12:17 AM
|
|
Courtier
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Hamilton, Canada
Posts: 670
|
|
|
The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer: 29 July 1981
Quote:
Originally Posted by Curryong
The 1980s wasn't the 18th century, or even the 19th. The Queen would be the only person powerful enough to order that proof of virginity be supplied for Charles's bride and I'm absolutely certain she didn't.
Books about Charles and Diana often state that any woman Charles married 'had' to be a virgin, in order to partly explain why Diana was chosen. There was no such condition. It had just been a suggestion of Lord Mountbatten's to prevent any ex lovers selling salacious stories to the tabloids.
|
I looked it up; virginity doesn’t exist and is merely a social concept, though highly revered in some countries/cultures. And I was mistaken, Uncle Dickie only suggested Charles marry a virgin; I didn’t know it was to prevent any previous ex-lovers from spilling stories to the press.
The Queen was a virgin on her wedding day; was it required back then?
__________________
|
11-01-2018, 02:23 AM
|
|
Majesty
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 7,495
|
|
|
I don't think the Queen was brought up with the idea that sex before marriage was normal. Girls weren't encouraged to indulge in that sort of behaviour. Plus, Elizabeth had loved Philip since she was 13, and no they weren't lovers before marriage.
Some people did have premarital sex in the 1940s (and previously) but there was always a risk of pregnancy in those pre-pill days. The contraception then simply wasn't very foolproof.
|
11-01-2018, 03:15 AM
|
 |
Imperial Majesty
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: On the west side of North up from Back, United States
Posts: 15,422
|
|
|
Personally, I believe that the "requirement" of a bride for Charles has been misread and misinterpreted by many in various sources. We know that Camilla was deemed as not being "marriage material" for the reason being that she had a past. If one was to do a background check of the young Diana, it would have been pretty hard to find something that pointed to Diana "having a past" as she had not seriously dated anyone before getting involved with Charles.
Its very possible that the "having a past" has been misinterpreted by some as "not being a virgin". As Diana really had no past serious involvement in a relationship, it was then assumed she was a virgin.
A royal bride needing to be a virgin is a thing of the past and really has been for quite a while. Without the benefits of birth control back then, things were done to ensure that any issue from the marriage was rightfully begotten on the right side of the blanket in order to be in the line of succession.
__________________
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. ~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~
|
07-28-2019, 09:23 PM
|
 |
Heir Apparent
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Conneaut, United States
Posts: 5,851
|
|
|
It is hard to believe that it will be 38 years ago that Prince Charles married Lady Diana. One nice thing about their wedding day was that there was no rain.
|
07-28-2019, 10:03 PM
|
 |
Nobility
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 357
|
|
Just watched an interesting new documentary about the days leading up to the wedding with new items of information from Diana’s employer and Angela Rippon:
Angela Rippon opens up about her interview with Diana and Charles https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/a...elatedarticles
|
08-05-2019, 02:38 PM
|
|
Heir Apparent
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Philadelphia, United States
Posts: 5,182
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by sarahedwards2
Why did Diana have to undergo a medical examination before the wedding to ensure she was a virgin; and in those days why was the bride required to be a virgin?
|
I read that the exam wasn't to determine virginity, but to determine fertility.
It was to make certain Diana could produce an heir.
|
08-05-2019, 04:55 PM
|
|
Courtier
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Burke, United States
Posts: 547
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Blog Real
|
The dress] was the fulfillment of her princess fantasy,” wrote biographer Tina Brown, according to Vanity Fair. “She was insistent in her demand for its puffy sleeves and floating silk, its twenty-five-foot taffeta train, its nipped waist, and its antique lace embroidered with pearls and sequins.”
__________________
|
|
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
Search this Thread |
|
|
|
| Display Modes |
 Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
Recent Discussions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
