All is fair in love

Camilla has come through a 3-decade-old coaster ride. And what was her sin, asks Vijay Dutt.

The Royal wedding at Windsor was over in just 25 minutes. The newly married middle-aged couple flew within hours to Scotland for their honeymoon after having co-habited for over three decades. The wedding itself was a rather thumbed down affair, so it is no wonder that the people and the media lost all interest in them within 48 hours after their big day on April 9.

Asians, who usually expect ethics and morality in other people, were in any case never enthused about the wedding. They wondered why the two wished to marry, both having their own set of children and who were living together, without any neighbours complaining about their living in sin. But royalists insisted that Royals must set a good example to their subject.

The subjects, however, do think much of martial ties, one in four divorce within three or four years. They would have cared the least whether their future king lived in sin or got married. The fact however is that the Prince must not be criticised for making his long-time mistress an honest woman. The only snag is that in this case the woman is the one who everyone believes broke up Charles's marriage with Diana. The animosity towards her is because she is seen as a marriage-wrecker.