昨天查尔斯和卡米拉的婚礼。今天Times报及其网页上就此一篇似评论、似报道的文章读得人忍俊不禁，丝毫不吝含沙射影、旁敲侧击之词。我看到“...为了自己心爱的女人，爱得华八世不得不放弃王位，亨利八八世则不得不砍人家的脑袋，而查尔斯所需要付出的，却仅仅是等待... ' 让我笑出声来。立刻转来也给大家看看。
此文行文用语简练紧凑，句意也知遥相呼应，音节起伏有些处颇合诗词之拍. 颇有Dan Brown流行小说笔法的节奏，不知作者是何人，有意思。I think I found a reason why I just love the comments on Times, recently.
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Wed at last ... after 34 years
Jasper Gerard
A CHILL wind propelled the Rolls-Royce Phantom conveying the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles to their wedding yesterday. If the ghost of a previous Princess of Wales hovered over Windsor, the couple did not notice.
As they climbed from the car, the bride beamed. Even Prince Charles wrenched a smile across his often pained face and refrained from glowering at the "bloody people" in the press pen.
The love of his life looked handsome in an elegant number that seemed decidedly white, even if the spin doctors insisted that it was oyster.
After the briefest of pauses they walked nervously into Windsor Guildhall for their civil marriage. There they joined their families, who had been brought in by bus from Windsor Castle — except the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, watching on television at home over lunch.
The 28 guests were ushered in by a tense Sir Michael Peat, the prince's private secretary; after the debacle of the preparations this was his big day, too.
Then police confiscated a poster proclaiming "Make William your successor: Illegal, immoral, shameful". So, in a provincial register office, it took just 20 minutes to undo centuries of royal tradition. To marry the women they wanted, Edward VIII had to abdicate and Henry VIII had to behead, while Charles merely had to wait — albeit for 34 years. And as the sun poked through a grey sky, a much vilified divorced mother of two descended the steps, entitled to style herself Princess of Wales.
Instantly, the Duchess of Cornwall, as she prefers to be known, successfully executed her first royal wave, sporting a rock half the size of Gibraltar. A band, parked by the Roller, struck up Mustang Sally. It contains the admonishment: "You been runnin' all over town, guess you gotta put your flat feet on the ground". The band, a courtier confessed, was to drown out any booing.
Camilla continued to wave but Charles seemed loath to exercise his arm. Or his lips; there was no royal kiss. After more frowns he beckoned his future queen back into the Phantom, to the chagrin of well-wishers. Dickie Arbiter, former royal press spokesman, said: "It wouldn't have killed them to walk."
The 20,000 crowd was better than a lower league football match but modest against the million-strong army of subjects who cheered on the prince's first stab at marriage in 1981. As many tipped up for the wedding of Prince Edward and the Countess of Wessex.
Man and wife glided up the road to the castle for a service of prayer and dedication at St George's Chapel. Initially courtiers called this service a blessing but it was more a grudging acceptance by many within the Church of England of what they regard privately as a union between adulterers.
The couple's vicar for the day was Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who still looked in funereal mood after saying goodbye to the Pope. "He is not," said a Lambeth Palace source, "greeting the wedding with unalloyed joy." This was reflected in his simple choir dress, ecclesiastical equivalent of smart casual.
The church, it is said, does not regard the wedding as a "full celebratory event". When Robert Runcie married Charles last time, resplendent in cope and mitre, some found his dress prettier than the bride's.
Upstager this time was Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, who looked dressed to pull, and a bulky Cherie Blair, inexplicably in off-white. The chapel seemed to reverberate to the strains of Classic FM as an orchestra strummed light melodies. Prince William was composed, blowing kisses, while a fidgety Prince Harry just managed to behave.
The service's most solemn moment was the couple bewailing their "manifold sins and wickedness". Nothing prepared us for the sound of such penitence on the prince's trembling lips; not since Henry II allowed himself to be flogged by monks for the murder of Thomas a Becket had we witnessed such royal self-abasement. By publicly prostrating themselves, the couple begged more questions; admitting to committing "wickedness . . . from time to time" was odd language to atone for a 30-year affair.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,19769-1562801,00.html
- Re: 灏栭吀鍒昏杽鐨勭粨濠氭姤閬� :-)posted on 04/11/2005
Since when "亨利八世则掉了脑袋"? :-)
- Re: 灏栭吀鍒昏杽鐨勭粨濠氭姤閬� :-)posted on 04/11/2005
果然是恶毒啊～～～
even if the spin doctors insisted that it was oyster.
好，向他学习～～～ - Re: 灏栭吀鍒昏杽鐨勭粨濠氭姤閬� :-)posted on 04/11/2005
5 in the morning, Sieg is still up?
Be kind, dude. 尖酸刻薄 helps no one. :) - Re: 灏栭吀鍒昏杽鐨勭粨濠氭姤閬� :-)posted on 04/11/2005
adagio wrote:
5 in the morning, Sieg is still up?
Must be waiting for somebody's call. Did you keep Sieg checked, adagio? Show some nice side, dear lady. :-)
Be kind, dude. 尖酸刻薄 helps no one. :)
It helps the Celebrities. I suspect royal family is regarded part of those, by normal british people. :) - Re: 灏栭吀鍒昏杽鐨勭粨濠氭姤閬� :-)posted on 04/11/2005
七格 wrote:
果然是恶毒啊～～～
even if the spin doctors insisted that it was oyster.
好，向他学习～～～
wow, 七格 can enjoy this spin doctor joke. Did you live in Europe? You are good. - posted on 04/11/2005
Susan wrote:
Since when "亨利八世则掉了脑袋"? :-)
Wow, Susan is sharp. I still remember Susan's comments on the translation of "John Fucking Kerry" or something similair that Fu Ge once quoted. :)
You are right. Maybe he beheaded one of his former wives, to get a new wife? :-) I can't remeber the details, there is a documentary once shown on BBC on "Henry VIII and His Six Wives". Here does have some good eyes hanging around, that's some fun at last. :). - posted on 04/11/2005
这个LingHuChong是那个令胡冲吗? 这个写英语的LingHuChong很会调侃女孩子嘛!:-) 这里有个link, http://www.cc.org.cn/newcc/browwenzhang.php?articleid=3340 是一篇总结对五四反思的文章,令胡吃午饭洗尿布之余不妨读读,adagio 说不定也有兴趣. 同一期的世纪中国有一组关于五四的文章, 我自己还没舍得读, 先让给你们读了. :-)
好久没细读这里的贴, 刚读了一点, 觉得七格小同志很有意思, adagio, 他的书怎么样? 值得一读吗? :-) 值得读俺也去买一本.
LingHuChong wrote:
adagio wrote:Must be waiting for somebody's call. Did you keep Sieg checked, adagio? Show some nice side, dear lady. :-)
5 in the morning, Sieg is still up?
Be kind, dude. 尖酸刻薄 helps no one. :)It helps the Celebrities. I suspect royal family is regarded part of those, by normal british people. :) - Re: 灏栭吀鍒昏杽鐨勭粨濠氭姤閬� :-)posted on 04/11/2005
没有，我只是去欧洲转了一圈，英语不怎么好，被你这么一说，我感觉我理解可能出错了，它文章里的意思是说媒体顾问坚持那是块老菜皮吗？ - Re: 灏栭吀鍒昏杽鐨勭粨濠氭姤閬� :-)posted on 04/11/2005
LingHu, did you keep the baby checked? diaper changed? watch out your hottempered wife when you surf on the net, I can almost see she is chasing you around, with a stick in her hand.
LingHuChong wrote:
adagio wrote:Must be waiting for somebody's call. Did you keep Sieg checked, adagio? Show some nice side, dear lady. :-)
5 in the morning, Sieg is still up?
- Re: 灏栭吀鍒昏杽鐨勭粨濠氭姤閬� :-)posted on 04/11/2005
七格小同志的天才小说还在创作中，什么时候出来了我帮你要一本。你们写小说的该多切磋切磋，互相解构，比解那些个死去多年的童话作家要强啊。
若之 wrote:
好久没细读这里的贴, 刚读了一点, 觉得七格小同志很有意思, adagio, 他的书怎么样? 值得一读吗? :-) 值得读俺也去买一本. - posted on 04/12/2005
若之 wrote:
这个LingHuChong是那个令胡冲吗? 这个写英语的LingHuChong很会调侃女孩子嘛!:-)
让弱女侠这么一说，我也不好承认那就是我了。adagio和我是老网友了，开开玩笑是正常的。您这么一说，她还不怀恨在心。唉。除她之外，我一向言行谨慎，怎么就是调侃“女孩子了”？:-)
我儿子快三个月大了。体重已有近20斤，身高已近70公分，是个big boy。晚上睡觉尤其困难，把我夫人累得够呛。本来想贴张玉照在这里，不过想想，你和兰舟家里都是公子，这大胖秃小子的玉照也不稀罕。干脆就省了。
五四时期的东西我很爱看，谢谢。 - Re: 灏栭吀鍒昏杽鐨勭粨濠氭姤閬� :-)posted on 04/12/2005
若之家里也有公子呵? 几个? 多大了?
晚上小孩不睡觉, 最让人头疼了. 令胡和夫人忍着点儿, 再过几个月就好了. - Re: 灏栭吀鍒昏杽鐨勭粨濠氭姤閬� :-)posted on 04/12/2005
男友说 Charles 令他想到 Wallace，我找来对比一下。好笑。
- posted on 04/13/2005
"John Fucking Kerry" is good, although he wouldn't lose the election if he has "John Fucking Wayne"'s reputation. And Prince Charles would definitely be more popular if he is as charming as Wallace. :-)
But seriously, I think everybody should give this couple a break. :-)
LingHuChong wrote:
Susan wrote:Wow, Susan is sharp. I still remember Susan's comments on the translation of "John Fucking Kerry" or something similair that Fu Ge once quoted. :)
Since when "亨利八世则掉了脑袋"? :-)
You are right. Maybe he beheaded one of his former wives, to get a new wife? :-) I can't remeber the details, there is a documentary once shown on BBC on "Henry VIII and His Six Wives". Here does have some good eyes hanging around, that's some fun at last. :). - Re: 灏栭吀鍒昏杽鐨勭粨濠氭姤閬� :-)posted on 04/14/2005
荣誉和责任 男人最应该看重的 查同志身上一点都没有
罩不住老婆的可怜蛋
王位 爱情都想攒着 真左右不是东西 - posted on 04/16/2005
Charles is only human and in fact he is probably the best representative of men in this world, which we have to be tolerant to appreciate. He is the universal man – novelists have to bear in mind when you play your characters around.
But we do hope there is someone who is our hero out there. People are disappointed when they find out Charles is not one and they blame him for not making their dream come true.
So keep our eyes wide open...and we may be surprised to find a real hero who is actually not from celebrities club.
And if we can't find one, we can create one in our fantasy.
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