Charles and Camilla

I don't usually think much about the problems in the Windsor House. The tribulations of people who go on vacation for a living don't interest me. But isn't it about time everyone laid off Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles? I realize that the gods are currently realigning the stars to give Diana a constellation of her own, but she was never the woman Charles liked. Theirs was a PR marriage, meant to burnish the Windsors' image and avoid a stupid Protestant/Catholic controversy. (Buck House is probably the last household in England where such things matter a damn.) Charles had always wanted Camilla, and his eyes never wandered from her, even as he married and they both aged. Now that Charles is in his fifties, he's gone ahead and married the older woman who has loved him for thirty years. Why is this so bad? It's not like the man is catting around with Lindsey Lohan or Paris Hilton. Camilla shares his tastes, hobbies and interests, and has long been devoted to him.

Rich guy marries longtime companion. It's not a storybook ending; it's much better.