IF YA DON'T ACT ROYAL, YOU AIN'T ROYAL. Pt. 4

By this point, one would begin to wonder if all this marital and sexual dysfunction among the so-called 'Royal Family' is the result of inbreeding. As the 19th century gave way to the 20th, the kings and czars of England, Germany, and Russia were members of the same extended family.

As Paul Harvey was prone to say, “And now (we) know the rest of the story.”

We are all too aware of the conjugal relationship Prince Charles shared with Mrs. Camilla Parker Bowles during the 8^th and 9^th decades of the 20^th century. And as she freely admitted in that exclusive interview, my sweet cousin Di reciprocated and shared a parallel adulterous relationship with a Captain James Hewitt. (Some have mused that Prince Harry looks a bit too much like this Mr. Hewitt).

And as one might easily predict, a marriage “built on sand” simply could not survive all these adulterous comings and goings. After the divorce, Lady Diana went on to galavant around the world with one or the other rich and notable men, and regrettably, in a failed attempt to escape the paparazzi that fateful evening, died with Dodi Fayed in that infamous French tunnel.

Of course, Charles went on to marry his lifelong love, the commoner, the divorcee, Camilla Parker Bowles. (No doubt, the former King Edward VIII, who chose Wallis Simpson instead of the throne, would turn over his grave).

To the manifold credit of the Church, as part and parcel of the wedding ceremony, Charles and Camilla were required to participate in a prayer of public humiliation, taken from the 17th century Book of Common Prayer, and which culminated their three and a half decade long affair.

"We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness which we, from time to time, most grievously have committed.”

If ya don't act royal, you ain’t royal.

(to be continued)

by William McDonald, PhD. Excerpt from "McDonald's Daily Diary." Vol. 73. Copyright pending.

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