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In reply to the discussion: Royal Wedding 2018: Prince Charles to walk Meghan down the aisle [View all]leftynyc
(26,060 posts)20. Me too (on wanting it to work out)
His mother was so miserable in her marriage and didn't really shine until she divorced Charles. And I watched that wedding also - it all seemed so surreal - me and Diana were the same age, I was in college and here she was marrying the heir to the throne. Doesn't cost me a freaking nickle so what do I care?
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Black sheep? Shit that ain't nuthin'. I got a cousin, disappeared in the middle of the night,
3Hotdogs
May 2018
#6
The two seem to be in love and have common interests and generally stay out of the spotlight.
Blue_true
May 2018
#38
You don't get to choose your family...these are halfs...remember Billy Carter?
Demsrule86
May 2018
#53
That is rather elitist...you marry the person not the family. I would marry the person I loved
Demsrule86
May 2018
#59
I'll watch just the ceremony. I still remember Diana & Charles' wedding. It's something to see.
Honeycombe8
May 2018
#17
I love it here, very cosmopolitan but you can get into the shows and museums, concerts
Happyhippychick
May 2018
#40
I guess it's the tradition thing. If the Royal family is anything, it's traditional.
Honeycombe8
May 2018
#18
It happens. Jackie Kennedy's father, Jack Bouvier, got so drunk that he was unable to walk her down
Tanuki
May 2018
#22
Thank you for pointing this out. Things happen in families, and you just deal with it...
Hekate
May 2018
#41
Harry looks like his uncle: the red hair, the face. My son is a 2-generation throwback ...
Hekate
May 2018
#42
I read on CNN that she's really walking herself down the aisle in a feminist statement....
Kirk Lover
May 2018
#46