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Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2005-02-10 02:34 pm
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No sense of history.

CNN's Wolf Blitzer, reporting on the upcoming marriage of Prince Charles and his horse Camila Parker-Bowles, stated the marriage was "unprecedented."

Hello? King Edward the VIII and Wallis Simpson? Abdication? Ring any bells?
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[identity profile] valkyrwench.livejournal.com 2005-02-10 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, yes, but Chuckles isn't going to have to abdicate his place in line. Not that Lizzie's gonna croak and let him have it, anyway.

[identity profile] isomeme.livejournal.com 2005-02-11 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
Not to mention that the Brits founded an entire church around the idea of royals getting divorces and remarrying.

Short Attention span news...

[identity profile] murbin.livejournal.com 2005-02-11 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
Even CNN is falling in the really bad habit of poor research and ignorning anything that isn't in really recent collective memory.

[identity profile] notthebuddha.livejournal.com 2005-02-13 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
This is the first time a royal has been able to marry a divorcee and remain crownworthy.
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