No they represent California, her home state, the California poppy being the state flower.
The Hallmark Channel was airing a sappy TV romance starring Meghan Markle just last night.
There’s probably a factor of Harry’s distance from the throne here, too. Barring a real odd set of circumstances, Harry’s main task is backing up William and now William’s heirs. He seems happy in the role.
But should William have come to the Queen wanting to marry a Meghan Markle equivalent - American, divorced, non-CofE - I think it might well have gone hard for him. There’s a lot more leeway for those who are NOT in direct line to inherit the crown.
What is Andrew doing these days, anyhow?
He does the royal visits to countries the UK wants to sell arms to.
Rick Kitchen has it. They’re even two separate genera. Opium poppies are Papaver and California poppies are Eschscholzia.
Since most of the brides of the British monarchs were German, nationality is no obstacle to being queen. AFAIK, Wallis Simpson was due to become queen if she married Eddie, but there was a lot of muttering about her being unsuitable and the clerics wondered if they could marry a divorcee to love-smitten Eddie. So Eddie never got crowned, and the matter was moot.
However, “dirty Harry” is sixth in line to the throne, so his daddy, his brother, his two cousins and his niece all have to keel over first before he can plonk his right royal bottom on the relevant chair. Not impossible, but not very likely.
The bit about collateral branches was the cause of the 100 Years War between England and France, and later the Wars of the Roses in England. In neither case were the claims good, but in those days people took it very seriously.
The Turks got a bit kinder over time and used the “kefes” system to park unwanted siblings in what amounted to a prison inside the royal palace. The poor sap was confined there, lived indoors all the time, only had male attendants, and was not allowed to have sex with women. If said poor sap survived his sibling, he was made sultan. Needless to add, not a good one, and one or two of the last sultans of the Ottoman empire came to power this way.
The Church of England was created to permit divorce. Sort of. So Camilla of Wales can cock a snoot at them.
Annulment, not divorce.
Plus his father, who is first in line to the throne, is himself married to a divorcee.
Maybe it was a lead balloon, but that was a joke. They mention California poppies in the article.
Kind of a corny coat of arms. But I guess many of the original ones weren’t very inspired at the time.
Nephews.
Well so realistically all we need for a Queen Meghan is either
- A pandemic
- A nuclear exchange
- A wife swap
Has any reign begun more auspiciously?
The Cambridges have traveled together in one plane, so it could conceivably take a lot less than that.
The Queen has to give them permission:
I doubt that they will be sharing a first-class cabin with Charles anytime soon though.
There’s a guy who’s like 30th in line to the throne (I can’t remember his name right now), whose wife is named Bambi. Too bad we can’t clear the decks to make him King, so he could be married to Queen Bambi.
A follow-up. Could she still run for President if she declined to adopt British citizenship? Would Harry be eligible as First Man, or do you need to be American to be married to the President?
WHAT???!!!??? They take new names for themselves, like Popes?
Huh. I guess considering that the monarch holds the title Defender of the Faith, the tradition isn’t wholly outlandish.
But then why do they continue to eschew the name John for their baby boy princes? It’s not like they can’t just tell Prince John, “Listen, if you ever ascend to the throne, you have to change your monarchical name. And it can’t be Richard!”