This is for you, EffieBlack!

[mcar]

Swoon!

Link to tweet

JUST IN: Official photos released from the #RoyalWedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. https://abcn.ws/2KK5ZVz

[Wwcd]

1. The official Duchess of Sussex webpage..

https://www.royal.uk/duchess-sussex

Enjoy

Who she is, her most passionate humanitarian causes, & much more

[mcar]

2. Thanks!

She is an impressive woman!

[Wwcd]

8. She is. Elegant, beautiful & genuine. Her humanitarian good works,

her steady walk thru life says she is well made for her position as Mrs Prince Harry.
Imagine the power to do good, that they now hold as a couple.

They both seem so dearly happy with their lives.

Love this..it is future & hope.

[mcar]

9. These two and Wills & Kate

are doing good things in the world. I applaud them all!

[Wwcd]

15. Yes. It is rather amazing how seemingly effortless these four have suddenly come to stand as the new

& future monarchy. I do believe they will do great things for humanity, each in their own right and as a united group.

It appears the future has arrived with Markle being the last missing piece

I can't wait to see the story unfold.

[mcar]

16. Me either

And the current cutie pie kids! I can't wait to see Harry & Meghan's babies.

[Wwcd]

18. Oh my, the pic of them with just the kids!

This who they are.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Pics - large version (oh my)

That 2nd pic is a cannon blast of a message that will go around the world for sure.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Beautiful pictures.

I note, however, that Camilla looks like she's wearing fiberglass insulation on her head.

[mcar]

6. Camilla always wears whacko headgear at weddings!

[BumRushDaShow]

11. Here is another view of it

(I'm NOT going to be catty )

[mcar]

14. She and Chaz are quite color-coordinated

Good thing it wasn't windy, that hat would have flown away with her in it!

[BumRushDaShow]

19. I saw a tweet with a gif of Kate doing a side eye of Camilla

Couldn't get the animated version but here is a still (and you can see the rest of the hat) -

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

29. Looks

like a lopsided wreath on her head. Just sayin. Ever notice that good things you do are easily forgotten, but, the evil you do...is remembered forever?

[BumRushDaShow]

32. You know what though?

Diana was 6 months older than me and Charles was 13 years her senior (where Camilla is a year older than him). So there was obviously a bit of a generation gap going on there too. It's all part of the trials and tribulations of the wealthy (and not just royalty because the robber "barons" and landed gentry here in the U.S. did the same thing - they "selected" who would marry who, with a "Cotillion" being where they were formally "introduced" to each other).

It's an ancient thing across cultures around the world.

[llmart]

20. Still don't like her and never have.

She was cruel in her treatment of Diana and he was even worse.

[BumRushDaShow]

22. I have posted in another thread that

it is obvious (and has been for years) that Charles doesn't really want to be King and he had always wanted Camilla. His family "selected" Diana to re-invigorate that Windsor family bloodline and that was dutifully done. This (IMHO) is why Will and Kate have been carefully groomed for the job and they are setting the tone for the "next era".

[mcar]

24. I think you are correct

My take is that Chaz was always a gentle, perhaps weak, soul who was easily maneuvered. Plus the whole "duty to the Crown" thing.

Poor Diana didn't stand a chance. I can't see William and Harry allowing that for their wives.

[BumRushDaShow]

30. Charles was like his youngest son who just got married

He was swinging out there but as direct heir, they had to get him married.



And so he finally did.

(this is a nice pic of the boys when they were little)

[mcar]

31. That is nice

[llmart]

36. Yes, and whoever he picked...

had to be young and have many fertile years ahead of her. Camilla didn't fit that bill.

[BumRushDaShow]

37. Yup, plus

she went on and got married to someone else (and then divorced) so that was all a "no-no".

Well he has his cake now and is consuming it rather well too.

[mcar]

5. 2nd picture is amazing!

Absolutely gorgeous. Meghan's mother looks so calm and elegant.

[Lars39]

7. Lovely!

They donated all of the flowers to a hospice.

[mcar]

10. Awww

They also requested donations to several charities in lieu of gifts - one charity provides sanitary napkins to Indian women.

[Lars39]

12. Saw that!

Wasn't that neat!

[mcar]

13. Until I read about the charity, I had no idea Indian women faced such discrimination

due to menstruation. The charity not only addresses the many needs, but gives women jobs.

[Lars39]

17. Very much fills a need!

[flibbitygiblets]

25. This was an amazing move on their part. Diana would have been proud.

I've never cared much for the whole monarchy thing, but it does occur to me how Diana set the tone for it to be acceptable to publicly support a cause based on a stigmatized bodily function. Back in the day, her support of AIDS causes earned her the disparaging nickname "patron saint of AIDS" by the royal family, if memory serves.

Just a reminder of how important it is for people of privilege (famous or not) to take risks by helping those in need, even (especially) where stigma exists.

[mcar]

26. +1!

Just a reminder of how important it is for people of privilege (famous or not) to take risks by helping those in need, even (especially) where stigma exists.

[Byronic]

27. Indeed.

Except for Meghan's wedding bouquet which, by royal tradition (started by the Queen Mother in the 1920s), was sent to Westminster Abbey to be placed over the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

[Lars39]

28. Oh, that's neat!

[EffieBlack]

21. Awww, thanks!

This makes my day!

[mcar]

23. Mine too

[Gothmog]

33. This makes me smile

Link to tweet

[mcar]

34. Grace, dignity, poise and love

And she looked just fabulous!

[Eliot Rosewater]

35. In one week they will do more for those in need than the entire rump and kushner and

mcconnell and ryan families combined will do in their lifetimes.

[mcar]

38. That's right!