קעניגן וועט נישט גיין צו חתונה פון אייגן

אלעס וואס עס פאסירט אויף די וועלט האט א שייכות צו יודן.

אזוי ווי ס' גויש'ט זיך אזוי יודיש'ט זיך.

ווי זעט מען אזא פארגלייך ביי יודן אז א קעניג/ן (ווי אזוי זאגט מען "ומלכנו בראשינו") גייט נישט צו די אייגענע קינדער'ס שמחות?

· ·Queen Elizabeth to Stay Away From Son's Wedding

Queen to Stay Away From Royal Wedding
By Paul Majendie, Reuters

The Queen's decision not to attend is the latest public controversy to hit what her son had hoped would be a low-key affair.


LONDON (Feb. 23) - Queen Elizabeth's decision not to attend the wedding of her son and heir has heaped humiliation on Prince Charles and his long-time lover Camilla Parker Bowles, royal-watchers said Wednesday.

The marriage plans of the two divorcees had already been verging on the farcical, with the venue changed from Windsor Castle to a town hall register office and constitutional experts questioning the legality of a civil ceremony.

Lord Falconer, the Lord Chancellor, who is head of the judiciary, insisted Wednesday that a civil marriage for the future monarch was legally valid.

''The government is satisfied that it is lawful for the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Parker Bowles, like anyone else, to marry by a civil ceremony,'' he said in a written statement.

The Queen's surprise announcement that she would not be going to the town hall has added a new twist to the saga.

Buckingham Palace insisted her decision was not a snub and said she was trying to respect the couple's desire for a low-key ceremony. A spokesman for Charles said: ''The Prince is happy with the arrangements.''

The Queen, who has never shown any approval of Charles' 34-year-old affair with Camilla, will attend the church blessing ceremony afterward at the historic castle west of London and is paying for the wedding reception.

But for the House of Windsor, already tainted by scandals, divorce and tragedy, the debacle has been another blow.

''It is humiliating and embarrassing for Charles,'' said royal author Judy Wade.

''This is a PR disaster turning into a farce. Royal ceremonials always go like clockwork. Now they cannot even organize a wedding in a town hall,'' she told Reuters.

Constitutional expert Harold Brooks-Baker, from the aristocratic bible Burke's Peerage, was equally blunt, telling Reuters ''It is a definite humiliation, it is an outrage.''

''This has got to stop, otherwise they will ruin the whole fabric of the monarchy,'' he told Reuters.

LEen has perhaps been mindful of the monarchy's dignity in turning her back on the civil ceremony, royal watchers say.

''I'm sure the Queen does not feel it is appropriate, nor does anyone else, for her to pad across the road from Windsor Castle to the register office opposite,'' said royal biographer Robert Lacey.

Charles, who at 56 still calls the monarch ''Mummy,'' will inevitably feel the fates are conspiring against him at every turn before the April 8th ceremony to the 58-year-old Parker Bowles.

The left-leaning Guardian newspaper could scarcely contain its glee at the downmarket lurch of the royal nuptials. ''All it needs now is a punch-up at the reception,'' it said.

Feelings were running high too among tourists outside Buckingham Palace.

British shopowner Lloyd Watson told Reuters: ''The Queen is right not to attend. This wedding is a disgrace and she tells everyone quite clearly what she thinks of it by not going.''

פרינץ טשארלס איז שוין פסול דרייסיג יאר, איינע פון זיינע עבירות איז אז ער רייכערט, און אז ער האט זיך גע'גט, נאך די קריסטליכע רעליגעיע טאר מען זיך נישט גט'ן, די אלע זאכן זענען נישט קיין נייעס