Recent content by Jann

Julian - the wonders of the web confirm that Camilla is catholic. As the law stands (with little chance of being changed in the Quenn's life time) they cannot marry. I hope that the personal attacks and bashing (of Charles, Diana, Camilla and anyone else) will stop along with speculation.

Isn't Camilla Parker Bowles catholic? Making this pointless as royals cannot marry catholics as the law stands?

Its tradition but times have changed. For example, brides used to wear a nice dress suitable for the occasion. It then became fashionable to be white and now there is a whole style of wedding dresses that have no bearing to what is fashionable/appropriate to the tome of day. For example, some...

Traditionally only married women wore tiaras. The one exception was a bride on her wedding day because she went into the church unmarried and exited married (providing nothing went wrong)!

Now it is my turn to agree with you. But think of it this way: Whilst royals (in europe, at least) traditionally do not interfere in politics, they do have diplomatic roles. Also, elected politicians do attend the weddings of royals - this is always the case in their own countries and if they...

Additionally, not being a signatory of CEDAW does not automatically mean the suppression of people. The list you have provided is not comprehensive. If we are woring on the basis of exclusion for not signing treaties, there are a few others that I personally believe should rank higher than...

Lots of points to make! Firstly, thanks for the links. I shall check them later. A wdding may well be just friends and family for some people, but for others it also includes business associates, those people who have to be invited because somebody else was invited etc. In royal circles, the...

Thanks for the clarification although I disagree. Again, why? I do not know his recent remarks.

Why?

Many thanks - I am in research mode for my dissertation at the moment and as the saying goes I want to 'hit the books before they hit back'!

Thanks for the quick reply, Sean. Until reading that, I had always agreed with your posts which is why I gave you the benefit of the doubt. I was sure you couldn't really have meant that! A missing word makes all the difference and you are now once again clear, objective and succinct! With...

Sean - could you please clarify what you mean by Wouldn't want to be accused of misinterpreting your words! :innocent:

Hi Sean, I just put that in for a laugh and didn't intent for it to be taken too seriously. As for too tacky, well, I have seen a gold bodice/corset made for the wedding day of a very wealthy woman in the Gulf. Now that is tacky! It even had a key to be given as a wedding present to her...

Fascinating reading, in fact the reason I have finally registered instead of ghosting. Back to the point of the gold shoes - I think this is a fabrication. I think that Queen Rania tends to wear high heels and 22k gold is too soft and flexible for a shoe - quite simply the heel would break. :P