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Needless to say, it is highly likely that Queen Elizabeth would have liked to attend as her eldest child was getting married again. However, there were rumors that she was trying to avoid making it look like she was giving more importance to her son than the Church of England’s beliefs.
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While the Church does not really forbid divorce and remarriage now, it still advises against the practice. The Daily Telegraph published a story in 2005 where an alleged anonymous “friend of the Queen” claimed that Elizabeth II herself had said, “I am not able to go. I do not feel that my position permits it.” According to the same source, “The Queen feels she has to put her role with the Church before her role as a mother.”
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