Wow. Get sick, lose track of the news, and you miss this sort of ground-shaking stuff.
Thirty years after their first romance, Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles, both now graying divorcees, will finally wed in a civil ceremony and put the official seal on a relationship Princess Diana blamed for the breakdown of her marriage to the man who would be king.
In a nod to those who have not warmed to Parker Bowles, the royal family said Thursday she will never hold the title of queen but eventually will be called HRH Princess Consort instead. But usually reserved Charles seemed overjoyed simply to be able to take her as his wife.
“I’m very excited,” the prince said as he entered London’s storied Goldsmith’s Hall and looked at wedding rings.
It’s match made in … well, somewhere. And good luck (and happiness) to the both of them.