Episcopal Presiding Bishop Michael Curry to preach at Henry and Meghan's Wedding

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themonk86 said:
I would be the first to shut up and give them the benefit of the doubt, but when you are going to do a ceremony publicly like they did for literally millions to see without any clarification about her first marriage then you are at least inviting the sin of scandal
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It’s because the C of E doesn’t care about this like the Catholic Church does, and because they allow divorce. That’s why. They don’t see it as scandal. It isn’t a big deal to them.
 
I watched the post wedding procession focusing on the soldiers of the Household Cavalry. The Blues and Royals were Harry’s former regiment. I was not surprised to see Harry wear their uniform.

As for Meghan and her dress couldn’t care less, but then again, weddings and pretty frocks never interested me.
 
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LOL. I’ll have to trust you on this one. Don’t remember what either of them wore.

However didn’t William wear the uniform of the Irish Guards?

I notice what the bridegrooms wear but not the brides. I’m weird that way.
 
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Lou2U said:
No, I don’t think there was any need to clarify her first marriage. We aren’t privy to all the details because it’s not our business to know them. I am sure the relevant procedures were followed by the Church of England before the marriage took place, so I don’t think there’s any need to suggest scandal has been caused.
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Thank you for saying this. I believe that the Archbishop of Canterbury, who performed the marriage ceremony today, as well as Meghan’s Baptism and Confirmation some weeks ago, followed Canon law as well as his own discretion, in claiming that all is in order. It is, after all, his dominion. Remember also, that the Queen signed a statement that all is in order for them to marry and that she offered her permission. This would not have been given had there been any civil or religious impediments. So, according to the Church of England and the State of England, we were able to have a wonderful, legal, and blessed-by-God wedding today.
 
As a Brit (a very patriotic one), I watched the wedding live, soberly thinking to myself “yes, the Colonies will be ours again by Christmas!” JOKE! XD Seriously though, as a Catholic (a very devout one), I was a bit sad because I spent a lot of the time doubting the validity of the marriage. 😦 I must say, however, whatever views Michael Curry may hold in private, his sermon today was one of the most beautiful and moving I’d ever heard in my young life. As far as I can tell, there wasn’t the least bit of error in it.
 
You mean Make America Great Britain Again?😊

I read about secessionists in my home state of Hawaii talking about trying to achieve independence from the US and then immediately joining the Commonwealth.

Hawaii’s state flag is the only state flag with the flag of a foreign nation, specifically the Union flag, on its canton. A lot of Americans get offended seeing this flag. It was designed by Hawaii’s first king, King Kamehameha the Great when Hawaii was an independent kingdom.
 
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Hahaha I always joke with my friend from New England about this! X’D I even tease my poor mother at times who’s from a former British colony. I heard a bit about the story of your flag. The King thought the Union Jack was a symbol of power or something so he wanted to put it on the Hawaiian flag to show he was powerful, right?
 
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jjje1995 said:
As a Brit (a very patriotic one), I watched the wedding live, soberly thinking to myself “yes, the Colonies will be ours again by Christmas!” JOKE! XD Seriously though, as a Catholic (a very devout one), I was a bit sad because I spent a lot of the time doubting the validity of the marriage. 😦 I must say, however, whatever views Michael Curry may hold in private, his sermon today was one of the most beautiful and moving I’d ever heard in my young life. As far as I can tell, there wasn’t the least bit of error in it.
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They really couldn’t have had a more beautiful day for it! I was so happy for them about that!

My husband goes, “Not sure if Mad King George is rolling in his grave or crying in his ale.” 😆😆😆

I’m sure whatever he was doing he was commiserating with Lord General Cornwallis. 🙂
 
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The King was aware that France, Russia, the US and the UK had Hawaii in their sights. He sought out the British for protection as a hedge against the other powerful nations such as France.

The flag was a reminder to the other powers that Hawaii was a British protectorate.
 
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Or they could be telling each other “ Whew, we dodged that one. Just look at that country now. Mental, I tell you.”

As Al Murray says, the US was a good idea … that got out of hand.
 
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I already heard that Curry’s sermon is being criticized by some in the UK for being inappropriately “too religious.” For goodness sake, he’s a Bishop!!
 
Anyone who is not either the monarch or a peer is a commoner, so in the Spencer family everyone is a commoner except for the earl himself. In fact, if you are going by strict legal definition, Harry was a commoner until this morning when he was created Duke of Sussex.
 
Treading on unfamiliar ground, how does that comport with his title until today, HRH, Prince Henry of Wales?
 
He had a title, but he was still a commoner, technically he was eligible to be elected to the House of Commons. Commoner does not mean ‘not titled’ but ‘neither the monarch or a peer’. Baronets and knights are titled, but they are commoners. Barons however are peers, so are not commoners, despite ranking a long way below a prince who is a commoner unless he holds a peerage. Commoner does not actually mean what people often assume it means
 
I suppose what I should say is that the official, legal definition of commoner is different from the everyday definition that a lot of people use
 
How about someone like the Duke of Norfolk?

Is he commoner or is he peer?
 
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Again, treading softly based on my wife’s hobby of stuff like this, HRH is a title of Royalty and Harry was not a commoner, unless one may be both royal and commoner…

You think I’m going to disagree with my wife? I didn’t get to (almost) my golden anniversary doing that.
 
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