# Dopers weigh in: What did/does the Prince of Wales see in Camilla Parker-Bowles?

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**Created:** [June 27, 2003, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-weigh-in-what-did-does-the-prince-of-wales-see-in-camilla-parker-bowles/184715 "2003-06-27T06:41:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sappho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sappho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sappho)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-weigh-in-what-did-does-the-prince-of-wales-see-in-camilla-parker-bowles/184715/41 "2003-07-01T11:44:01Z")

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Camilla wasn’t a Catholic when Charles first met her, but she married a Catholic and therefore “converted” to all intents and purposes. If she & Charles wish to marry, either she has to recant or they have to alter the law barring Catholics marrying into the Royal family.

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**Author:** ![refusal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@refusal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/refusal)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-weigh-in-what-did-does-the-prince-of-wales-see-in-camilla-parker-bowles/184715/42 "2003-07-01T14:20:50Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Sappho \*  
> \*\*Camilla wasn’t a Catholic when Charles first met her, but she married a Catholic and therefore “converted” to all intents and purposes. If she & Charles wish to marry, either she has to recant or they have to alter the law barring Catholics marrying into the Royal family. \*\*

Or Charles could give up his claim to the throne, which might not be a bad move, seeing as he could easily be 70 or 80 years old by the time he succeeds his mother.

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**Author:** ![APB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@APB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APB)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-weigh-in-what-did-does-the-prince-of-wales-see-in-camilla-parker-bowles/184715/43 "2003-07-01T14:33:34Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Sappho \*  
> \*\*Camilla wasn’t a Catholic when Charles first met her, but she married a Catholic and therefore “converted” to all intents and purposes. If she & Charles wish to marry, either she has to recant or they have to alter the law barring Catholics marrying into the Royal family. \*\*

Nonsense. Marrying a Roman Catholic does not mean that one has ’ “converted” to all intents and purposes’ and there is no legal reason why a Protestant who has had a Catholic husband by a previous marriage cannot become queen consort. All the indications are that Mrs Parker Bowles is and always has been a member of the Church of England. Her ex-husband’s religion doesn’t come into it.

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