The revelation that Prince Charles has proposed to Mrs Parker-Bowles has made front page news. Questions about whether this marriage will create a constitutional crisis in the same way that the marriage of a former king to a divorced woman required his abdication are on the minds of some. These people of course want an assurance that Charles will not be permitted to take the throne. Others are of the view that it does not matter whom he marries in this day and age provided that she cannot become queen. Yet others point to the fact that Charles will be the head of the Church of England and the 'defender of the faith' and that this makes it inappropriate that he marries someone who has been divorced. Can we all recall for a moment that Henry the Eighth who started the Church of England had a somewhat chequered career when it came to wives?
Can anyone answer the question about why those of us who are not Royal watchers or are not in any way affected by the monarchy and what they do need to care about all this?
Since the man has been having an 'affair' with this woman for 35 years why should anyone care?
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