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Demsrule86

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59. That is rather elitist...you marry the person not the family. I would marry the person I loved

Sat May 19, 2018, 09:23 AM

May 2018

regardless of family. I am sure Harry should have walked away after all 'her family is not up to snuff and all She will never be accepted by some (not saying you) because she is a POC...so I guess if he cared what people thought, he wouldn't have married her.

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Royal Wedding 2018: Prince Charles to walk Meghan down the aisle [View all] nitpicker May 2018 OP

Her family is starting to sound like they are related to SoCalDem May 2018 #1

One of the half-nephews is the pot farmer. CottonBear May 2018 #2

Kate Middleton's family isn't all sunshine either. DetlefK May 2018 #3

Black sheep? Shit that ain't nuthin'. I got a cousin, disappeared in the middle of the night, 3Hotdogs May 2018 #6

It's like the news says, one of us is becoming a royal. NightWatcher May 2018 #8

hubby and i wed at the drive thru the wedding chapel in vegas... samnsara May 2018 #11

Convenient!!! We did dawn wedding at empty beach in hometown. NightWatcher May 2018 #12

Sounds like it. I wonder if Harry will have doubts down the road... Honeycombe8 May 2018 #15

The two seem to be in love and have common interests and generally stay out of the spotlight. Blue_true May 2018 #38

They do seem to be genuinely in love, don't they? You can just tell. nt Honeycombe8 May 2018 #45

The appear to have closely matched viewpoints on charity work and activism. Blue_true May 2018 #48

You don't get to choose your family...these are halfs...remember Billy Carter? Demsrule86 May 2018 #53

Yes, yu get to choose what family yu marry into. Honeycombe8 May 2018 #58

That is rather elitist...you marry the person not the family. I would marry the person I loved Demsrule86 May 2018 #59

Wonderful idea, not a dry eye in the crowd dembotoz May 2018 #4

Very sweet spinbaby May 2018 #5

Right, and here too when I read it, elleng May 2018 #29

I'll be up at 4 am! I'm a sucker for weddings, especially Royal ones Happyhippychick May 2018 #7

Me too leftynyc May 2018 #13

I'll watch just the ceremony. I still remember Diana & Charles' wedding. It's something to see. Honeycombe8 May 2018 #17

Me too (on wanting it to work out) leftynyc May 2018 #20

I can't wait to see the ceremony at the 14th c. St. George's Chapel appalachiablue May 2018 #31

Oh, the wedding is going to be at Windsor Castle? Honeycombe8 May 2018 #47

PBS has been airing a program covering the royal wedding. appalachiablue May 2018 #49

I'll wave to you from DC! Happyhippychick May 2018 #19

Yup - fuck cancer leftynyc May 2018 #21

Live here. From NY! Happyhippychick May 2018 #30

There aren't many leftynyc May 2018 #36

I love it here, very cosmopolitan but you can get into the shows and museums, concerts Happyhippychick May 2018 #40

What time is the ceremony? RandomAccess May 2018 #43

Me too, I've watched all of them Raine May 2018 #50

Me too. I love weddings. Demsrule86 May 2018 #54

I feel sorry for her Father and seeing this, I think makes it even worse... hlthe2b May 2018 #9

I saw on tv that he'd had another heart incident. Honeycombe8 May 2018 #14

I feel exactly the same. It's been bugging me though I don't know chowder66 May 2018 #32

I'd like to think the couple would go to visit him as soon as possible. n/t hlthe2b May 2018 #37

He Father is ill. Perhaps she has become close to Charles. Demsrule86 May 2018 #55

I will get the highlights from the news. TNNurse May 2018 #10

Her mother would have been the better choice. Equinox Moon May 2018 #16

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

Don't understand that The King of Prussia May 2018 #23

He's the father of the groom. tammywammy May 2018 #24

Oh yes of course he is! The King of Prussia May 2018 #25

Even if you believe Harry's biological father was someone else tammywammy May 2018 #35

Harry looks like his uncle: the red hair, the face. My son is a 2-generation throwback ... Hekate May 2018 #42

I think Harry also looks like Charles. He has the same closely spaced blue eyes. LisaL May 2018 #52

Perhaps. WillowTree May 2018 #26

If I knew how to do it The King of Prussia May 2018 #27

The King of Prussia gets a gold star! WillowTree May 2018 #28

My sister had no idea leftynyc May 2018 #34

they don't really look alike at all. Harry's face is very much like Prince Philips JI7 May 2018 #51

I don't know much about her, but I definitely know asshole relatives eissa May 2018 #33

I am lucky. None of my relatives will embarrass me. Blue_true May 2018 #39

The royal family is full of embarrassing relatives of it's own. kwassa May 2018 #44

I read on CNN that she's really walking herself down the aisle in a feminist statement.... Kirk Lover May 2018 #46

Clooney is there! underpants May 2018 #56

Well this has a look to like no other Royal Weding before underpants May 2018 #57