Royal Wedding

elitenapper said:
Not that I'm aware of, though King Edward had allegedly been on friendly terms with Hitler.

The objection to the affair / engagement was that Simpson's ex-husband was still alive. The Church of England, of which the British Crown was the head, rejected the remarriage of a divorced person whose former spouse was alive.
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That why Henry killed all his wives?

The wiki said that she and him were nazi sympathizers but from what I read the controversy started before that. He abdicated in 1936 and expressed his views in 1937.
 
The advantage of Royalty is that they have plenty of money and need not be like the money grubbing politicians.
They can afford to be decent, fair and environmental activists unlike politicians.
They are good for tourism.
Republics are rather stuck with either awful dictators or crummy Presidents.
 
The royals do pomp and circumstance even better than our military and that is a high bar.

Although I thought the wedding was a bit too informal for royals. Stand by Me was awesome but out of place in my non british opinon. I wanted to see preachers so stuffy as they delivered a solid message you would wonder if they were actually BBC actors or actresses on loan from the Abbey. Instead it seemed the Royals went out of their way to update their image for the next generation. I am not sure cool royals are really needed. Royals should be like the endangered species at the wild animal park. A view of an idealized past... imo which I know does not matter.


I watched it on youtube with my wife and daughter. I could have opted out but it would have been bad form.

piezoe said:
Harry's got a kool outfit on.. I wish I had something like that to wear.
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jem said:
The royals do pomp and circumstance even better than our military and that is a high bar.
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indeed. And that nice "little 14th Century Chapel" at Windsor was more than adequate for the occasion. .
I looked into this venue on Wiki. Wanted to make sure it wasn't to frumpy for Harry and Meghan.
Turns out there has been a few more shindigs there included a few other weddings:

The Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra of Denmark in 1863 (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra respectively)​
turns out it's good for burials also.
Persons interred here include:

Altar
Quire
  • Jane Seymour, Queen of England, in 1537
  • Henry VIII, King of England and Ireland, in 1547
  • Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, in 1649
  • Stillborn son of Queen Anne (last monarch of the House of Stuart), in 1698.
Royal Vault
Near West Door
  • George V, King of the United Kingdom, in 1936
  • Mary of Teck, Queen consort of the United Kingdom, in 1953
King George VI Memorial Chapel
  • George VI, King of the United Kingdom, died 1952. Interred 26 March 1969 following its construction.[8]
Albert Memorial Chapel
Gloucester Vault
Other
 
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