Media barred from Charles and Camilla's wedding.

[lostfaith]

[size=+2]Diana's dazzle missing as Prince Charles tours city

[/size] Ho-hum, Prince Charles came to town with his new wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, and New York was not quite enthralled.

So this is the sound of 8 million yawns?

"Big deal," said Elaine Stern of Chelsea.

"Prince? I love Prince," said Robert Rodriguez of Bushwick in Brooklyn - only he wasn't thinking British royal family. He was thinking of the charismatic Minneapolis singing star.

"Oh, Prince Charles with the big ears from England," Rodriguez added, collecting himself in the gentle sunshine on Church Street. "Ah, I better be going. I'm pretty busy today."

What a difference 20 years and an older, dowdier wife can make!

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My favorite part....

She had to know she'd never compete with her predecessor as a royal-family mannequin. But you had to give her credit for being a sport, haunted as she always will be by the stubbornly lingering ghost of a woman who'd gone from wife to ex-wife to late wife to eternally youthful icon.

Camilla is certainly more worldly than Diana ever was. She's seemingly smarter, too. And she obviously has a way with charm-challenged men, bantering as she was yesterday with her new husband and New York Gov. George Pataki.

As she emerged from Ground Zero and headed off to Hanover Square, Camilla gave the appearance of a woman who might actually speak about things beyond her latest eating disorder and her favorite Elton John song.

Smiling over her husband, she looked like a woman who had worked for something in life and gotten it.

And she had.

A serious, gangling, middle-aged prince of a guy who actually seemed to love her.

And didn't they deserve a New York victory lap? This was more for them than for us.

 

[Marthatex]

Yes, I like that article. Softly criticizing, "spoofing", but also gently praising.

 

[Marthatex]

I'll PM you if you like. I just figured you would want to make the connection publicly so everyone could understand. You never made your point clear and why you even brought it up is beyond me:waitasec:

We should ALL be courteous because of something your father did?

OK, I will make it public then. He served in a Southern Presidents Cabinet.

Did you not know that economists often serve as Secretary of the Treasury, or Assistant Secretary of the Treasury?

My father did. Then he came back to the University of Texas, where he was chairman of the Dept. of Economics for years and years and received many teaching awards. Then he helped set up the school of Public Affairs, where students from all over the United States and all over the world come to study Public Policy.

He has published many books and I am very proud of my father. He is still alive at 81, and reading every day.

That is why I am "sensitive" about public affairs and politics sometimes.

And I still would be very proud to meet them. I have met many interesting people in my life, and I'm glad of it.

I will never divulge his identity, and I don't want to talk anymore about it.

Good night and God Bless everyone.

 

[Casshew]

Lets see some pics from the big bash you say?

Here we go.

Laura looks nice in that reddish gown

Nancy Regan

Oscar de La Renta & his wife

Kelsey Grammer & his wife

Tom Brokaw

Some more

Senator Joseph Lieberman

Donald Rumsfeld

General Peter Pace(looks a little young for a General)

Charles Leavell, Rolling Stones Keyboardist

Senator Bill Frist


Here is an article about the party

Hey I wonder why Sarah Ferguson wasn't invited - she lives in NYC now :waitasec:

 

[Gabby]

Laura Bush is a very attractive woman.....

 

[Marthatex]

I adore Senator Joe Lieberman and his wife - they looked great.

It's interesting to see some of these wives, like Rumsfeld's.

Brokaw has a cute wife.

Yes, Laura looks beautiful as always. I don't know how she always stays so calm!

They all look very nice - Great pictures! Thanks!

 

[Linda7NJ]

OK, I will make it public then. He served in a Southern Presidents Cabinet.

Did you not know that economists often serve as Secretary of the Treasury, or Assistant Secretary of the Treasury?

My father did. Then he came back to the University of Texas, where he was chairman of the Dept. of Economics for years and years and received many teaching awards. Then he helped set up the school of Public Affairs, where students from all over the United States and all over the world come to study Public Policy.

He has published many books and I am very proud of my father. He is still alive at 81, and reading every day.

That is why I am "sensitive" about public affairs and politics sometimes.

And I still would be very proud to meet them. I have met many interesting people in my life, and I'm glad of it.

I will never divulge his identity, and I don't want to talk anymore about it.

Good night and God Bless everyone.

You brought it up!!! I still don't get the point! :waitasec:

Did you bring up your father's accomplishments to lend credence to your opinion, somehow hoping to make your opinion the correct one ?

 

[Mabel]

Wow, Nancy look pretty good for a woman of..er... her years.

 

[nanandjim]

How do all of the wives stay so slim??!! The entire bunch looks attractive to me. Laura Bush always looks good, and she is such a gracious woman.

 

[Mabel]

...............

Hey I wonder why Sarah Ferguson wasn't invited - she lives in NYC now :waitasec:

She's the only one I'd really care to see.

 

[BrendaStar]

Hey I wonder why Sarah Ferguson wasn't invited - she lives in NYC now

Fergie not considered part of the royal family anymore. :boohoo: :boohoo:

 

[eve]

How do all of the wives stay so slim??!! The entire bunch looks attractive to me. Laura Bush always looks good, and she is such a gracious woman.

Chefs? Personal trainers? Plenty of money for fresh, healthful fare?

Laura recently lost weight and she says it's because she began working out. I read an article where she talked about that as a challenge, along with quitting smoking. I like her very much, yes, she is gracious and honest. She also has a good sense of humor.

Eve

 

[Casshew]

What are they up to today, Cass?... you ask...


Camilla dodges glass door in US

he Duchess of Cornwall was left chuckling after she narrowly missed walking into a glass door before a speech in Washington. Camilla had been posing for the cameras when US Surgeon General Richard Carmona mistakenly tried to lead her through a glass window into a building.

But the duchess's nose was not put out of joint and she managed to see the funny side of the gaff.

She just pointed to her nose, gesturing that she could have done some damage.

'Dowager's humps'

And the Prince of Wales also found the incident funny - collapsing in laughter at his wife's near mistake.

Camilla had been at the institute to give a speech raising awareness on the bone disease, osteoporosis, in her capacity as president of the National Osteoporosis Society.

She said she first became involved with the disease after both her mother and grandmother died as a result of osteoporosis.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4405042.stm

 

[Casshew]

Camilla Parker Bowles's Daughter Engaged

Camilla Parker Bowles, who's currently touring the U.S. with husband Prince Charles, can add yet another title to her list: Mother of the bride.

Her daughter, Laura Parker Bowles, has announced that she is engaged to her longtime boyfriend Harry Lopes, a former Calvin Klein model.

Camilla told reporters on Wednesday that she's "over the moon" at the news, as she headed for lunch at the White House with President and Mrs. Bush.

Lopes left the catwalk after graduating from the University of Edinburgh, and he now works as an accountant in London. Like Princes William and Harry, Laura's beau attended Eton College. He's also the heir to a 3,000-acre Scottish estate. Laura, 27, manages an art gallery in London's Belgravia area.

Laura is Camilla's only daughter, but in September – only five months after Prince Charles and Camilla tied the knot – her son, Tom Parker Bowles, married his girlfriend, Sarah Buys.

You should all remember Camilla's daughter from the hat she wore to Mom's wedding.

My English setter would try to flush a bird out of that hat

 

[Marthatex]

She's very pretty. Hey! She just borrowed part of my Halloween party costume!

 

[Schmerty_Jones]

I think Fergie is fun & hard working & a good Mum. She hasn't been anymore raunchy & adulterous that the lot of them.The Royal Family is allowed anything, but the spouses...Oh No! No fair. They should have invited Fergie . Laura should have been gracious.

 

[Casshew]

Hey Schmerty, well there was the toe sucking incident!

She is looking good though and has two lovely daughters

 

[Schmerty_Jones]

Hey Schmerty, well there was the toe sucking incident!

She is looking good though and has two lovely daughters

Thanks for the photo Cass. The girls are gorgeous!. Fergie looks good. Nice family. Yes there was the toe sucking incident..but she was set-up ,& she was sorry & Randy Andy could have done a lot worse than her. After all the HRH Prince Charles was carrying on all thru his marriage & wants to be a TAMPON! :silenced:

 

[PaperDoll]

Nancy Regan looks GREAT!!!


What is up with the silly looking hats some of these british women wear :doh: ... oh my!

 

[narlacat]

They probably say the same thing about America's A-list celebrities, can't get much sillier than alot of them. They think because they are rich and famous they can wear anything and think they look good in it.
I guess it's true, money doesn't buy fashion sense whatever country you live in.