I've always found Japanese culture to be endlessly fascinating.

Me, too. Apparently, life as Japanese royalty is VERY circumscribed, if not down right stifling.

I can't believe the day is nearly gone. We've been running around like maniacs running errands.

Here is a picture of Princess Aiko and her parents last August.

She has the standard Japanese girl's haircut.

I had it myself at that age.

laughs

I had the same haircut, sumi.

It's a classic. In the U.S. it used to be called a Dutch-boy.

my understanding was that the King could be divored but he coulen't, for reasons that remain unclear to me, marry a divorced woman. Or a commoner, maybe. Or a divorced commoner?

He could be divorced but couldn't remarry. Diana died, solving that problem.

If he marries a divorced woman, it's technically adultery because "Christian marriage is indissoluble." So he's sleeping with another man's wife.

Isn't Camilla's ex-husband now dead, too? If so, why can't she be Queen consort. If not, never mind.

cereal...

vw, survey insent. Let me know if you don't get it.

Isn't Camilla's ex-husband now dead, too? If so, why can't she be Queen consort. If not, never mind.

Nope. He's still alive and kicking.

And remarried himself.

That answers that. Thanks, you two. For some reason, I thought he was dead, too. Maybe at one time, I just figured Charles and Camilla were waiting for him to kick, before marrying.

I still don't understand why they can't get married in the Church, but they can have a formal blessing for their marriage in the Church.

We sort-of disapprove, but oh, heck, go ahead you, crazy kids?