# Queen Elizabeth crashes a wedding **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 27, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-crashes-a-wedding/616902 "2012-03-27T01:12:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-crashes-a-wedding/616902/41 "2012-03-27T23:41:02Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > I have a great deal of empathy for Diana and think that her life was a terrible and unnecessary tragedy, but I think it’s pretty clear that _everyone_ (except possibly the tabloid media) would have been immensely better off if Charles had just married Camilla in the first place and avoided all of the ugliness. Well, there are two princes who might quibble on being better off, but yeah. (ETA, and one Duchess of Cambridge) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-crashes-a-wedding/616902/42 "2012-03-28T00:40:44Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Yeah, wearing a copy of the queens old dress would have been tacky. That dress really is the ultimate in tacky wedding dresses. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-crashes-a-wedding/616902/43 "2012-03-28T02:40:12Z")
I think it’s a great story. I like the dress, too - not what I’d choose, but I’ve seen much worse. I like Her Maj and every time I see her with a purse it just cracks me up. What does she keep in there? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-crashes-a-wedding/616902/44 "2012-03-28T03:09:21Z")
> [@PandaBear77](#): > > I like Her Maj and every time I see her with a purse it just cracks me up. What does she keep in there? Cab fare (also known as picture ID for some denominations 🙂 ). ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-crashes-a-wedding/616902/45 "2012-03-28T03:12:24Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > . . . Her Majesty didn’t _crash_ anything. [Gandalf voice] Her Majesty _never_ crashes a wedding. All weddings lack Her Majesty until she appears.[/Gandalf voice] ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-crashes-a-wedding/616902/46 "2012-03-28T05:51:39Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I have to admit, [that’s a helluva wedding picture.](http://images.sodahead.com/profiles/0/0/2/4/3/0/5/3/5/Queen-Crashes-Wedding-72650817748.jpeg#Queen%20Crashes%20Wedding) Doesn’t look like the easiest dress to curtsy in. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-crashes-a-wedding/616902/47 "2012-03-28T10:53:23Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > “Sorry, Your Majesty, we _did_ invite you, but you didn’t RSVP. We don’t have seating for you; afraid you’ll have to leave.” I was thinking, since she didn’t RSVP, they’d set up a little table in the corner near the kitchen. Or maybe at a card table with kids. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-crashes-a-wedding/616902/48 "2012-03-28T13:17:09Z")
> [@PandaBear77](#): > > I like Her Maj and every time I see her with a purse it just cracks me up. What does she keep in there? The Master [speaks](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/790/what-does-queen-elizabeth-carry-in-that-purse). ---
**Author:** ![Malden\_Capell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malden_capell/32/5274_2.png) [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-crashes-a-wedding/616902/49 "2012-03-28T13:30:14Z")
I also admire Charles. His enthusiasm for homeopathy is a bit worrisome, but otherwise I think he’s a genuinely good person who wants to contribute in a positive way. I’d rather him as King than any person who’d attain the office on the back of a political party. ---
**Author:** ![FlyByNight512](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/82dd89/32.png) [@FlyByNight512](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyByNight512)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-crashes-a-wedding/616902/50 "2012-03-28T18:34:22Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > I wish she had crashed my wedding. With the corgis. I’m not even so enthusiastic about meeting the Queen, just send me the corgis! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-crashes-a-wedding/616902/51 "2012-03-28T19:11:46Z")
> [@PandaBear77](#): > > I like Her Maj and every time I see her with a purse it just cracks me up. What does she keep in there? Her iPhone, of course. How else can she text, watch youtube, or post updates to Facebook? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-crashes-a-wedding/616902/52 "2012-03-28T19:37:12Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > Her iPhone, of course. How else can she text, watch youtube, or post updates to Facebook? She has a Blackberry actually. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-crashes-a-wedding/616902/53 "2012-03-28T19:59:18Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > She has a Blackberry actually. Well she always was a traditionalist. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-crashes-a-wedding/616902/54 "2012-03-28T20:24:14Z")
> [@PandaBear77](#): > > I like Her Maj and every time I see her with a purse it just cracks me up. What does she keep in there? Condoms. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-crashes-a-wedding/616902/55 "2012-03-28T23:33:00Z")
> [@Malden\_Capell](#): > > I also admire Charles. His enthusiasm for homeopathy is a bit worrisome, but otherwise I think he’s a genuinely good person who wants to contribute in a positive way. I’d rather him as King than any person who’d attain the office on the back of a political party. People used to say the same thing about King Edward VII when he was the Prince of Wales, that he’d be a terrible king, but they were quite wrong. I’d say wait and see. (And that was back in the day when the monarch had a lot more power than he/she does now) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-crashes-a-wedding/616902/56 "2012-03-29T17:13:28Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > No it just means none of the kids were allowed to fart that day That would be ‘_methane_-neutral’. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-crashes-a-wedding/616902/57 "2012-03-29T22:33:55Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > I wrote to Charles ages ago when he made a speech about historic preservation, and got a lovely letter back, complete with the royal crest on the envelope! My landlady was impressed. > > Her Maj strikes me as a very nice girl (though she doesn’t have a lot to say), and I have always been on Team Camilla. Classic no-nonsense dowager. I recently read a bio of the Queen, and it said that she likes Camilla because she’s not a whiner. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-crashes-a-wedding/616902/58 "2012-03-30T02:08:19Z")
> [@PandaBear77](#): > > I like Her Maj and every time I see her with a purse it just cracks me up. What does she keep in there? Tupperware, so when she crashes weddings, she can steal a few biscuits and slice of cake for later. I don’t know what the big deal is about this - Liza Minelli has not only had queens at her wedding, she has been married to a few queens as well! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-crashes-a-wedding/616902.md?page=2)