Althouse: "I always told him afterwards that if it had been a Catholic marriage, it could have been declared null."

February 3, 2015

"I always told him afterwards that if it had been a Catholic marriage, it could have been declared null."

"Because he wasn’t really [committed], because she started with the bulimia and everything before the wedding."

12 comments:

Fritz said...: Chuck should be a feminist hero for preferring the plain girl to the princess.; 2/3/15, 10:53 AM
Dr.D said...: They were both stupid, immature, unfaithful, and foolish -- the perfect match for each other. This was the true fall of the House of Windsor.; 2/3/15, 10:55 AM
MadisonMan said...: And yet their son, William, seems (*seems*) relatively clear-headed.

Regression to the mean, apparently.; 2/3/15, 10:59 AM
traditionalguy said...: Diana Spenser is a direct descendant of The Duchess (of Devonshire)who also sought love within a life committed to being a Monarchy's breeding stock.

William married a real woman like his mother. The slow minded and shy boy Prince Charles wants to be kept safe by a dominating mother.; 2/3/15, 11:06 AM
dbp said...: """I always told him afterwards that if it had been a Catholic marriage, it could have been declared null."""

Was this even a remote possibility? Isn't the King or Queen also the Supreme Governor of the Church of England.

I rate the quote as asinine.; 2/3/15, 11:42 AM
tim maguire said...: The friend's description of why the marriage would be eligible for nullification suggests this friend was talking out his ass.; 2/3/15, 12:24 PM
Anonymous said...: Catholic Church does seem to nullify for nearly anything if you pester them enough. (Have cousin with officially nullified marriage.); 2/3/15, 12:55 PM
Unknown said...: Catherine Mayer's photo in the story is possibly the worst lead I've ever seen for someone who (presumably) wants to be taken seriously.; 2/3/15, 1:20 PM
Eric the Fruit Bat said...: The more serious problem with the English nobility, as I see it, is that Lady Edith has turned herself into a creepy stalker and nobody's doing anything about it!; 2/3/15, 1:30 PM
Anonymous said...: Weird to think back on that. I was a kid, but we (girls) were old enough to pay attention. We were completely weirded out, yet transfixed, by the wedding and engagement. It was a feeling of "Wow, they really do still care that she's a virgin. They haven't had sex and they hardly know each other. That (spooky, magical, superstitious) stuff is real."

IOW, the virgin-for-broodmare and property/title-transfer purposes had not occurred to us as of yet, so naturally, we came to all sorts of wrong conclusions that were later forgotten, but still had their influence.

It would have saved everybody a lot of time if they had just been honest and not tried to dress it up.; 2/3/15, 2:21 PM
From Inwood said...: There's nothing further to add. Eric wins this thread; 2/3/15, 3:41 PM
MadisonMan said...: The more serious problem with the English nobility, as I see it, is that Lady Edith has turned herself into a creepy stalker and nobody's doing anything about it!

Horrible storyline. But it ends very soon.; 2/3/15, 9:54 PM