Queen Mom going to be a No Show.
email this print this
Posted on Wed, Feb. 23, 2005_krdDartInc++;document.write('');
Queen to be a no-show
Buckingham Palace said Tuesday that
Queen Elizabeth II would not attend the civil marriage ceremony of her son
Prince Charles and
Camilla Parker Bowles — but that her absence should not be interpreted as a snub. The monarch will attend the church blessing at Windsor Castle after the April 8 civil ceremony in the local town hall and will host the wedding reception at the castle. "The queen's prime concern is that the civil ceremony should be as low key as possible, in line with the couple's wishes," said a palace spokeswoman. "Clearly, if the queen were to attend, the occasion would no longer be, by definition, low key." Britain's Press Association reported that Charles' sons,
Prince William and
Prince Harry, and Parker Bowles's grown children,
Tom and
Laura, were expected to attend the civil wedding in the Guildhall at Windsor. — Associated Press
Bassist gets a bug