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Public support grows for Prince Charles wedding to Camilla LONDON, Saturday (AFP) Britons are warming, slowly, to the long-simmering love affair of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles and approve of their upcoming marriage, according to a poll published in The Times newspaper Saturday. Forty-three percent approve of the union of Britain's heir to the throne and his longtime lover, compared with 22 percent who disapprove and 30 percent who said they did not care, the poll found. The announcement of their engagement on Thursday, and of the April 8 wedding date, set off speculation about whether the public will accept a second marriage of Charles, given the fierce loyalty still widely felt to his first wife, the late Princess Diana. But The Times survey found growing acceptance for Parker Bowles, a 57-year-old divorcee who has known Charles, 56, for more than three decades and been his live-in companion for the past several years. Last June only 32 percent approved of a marriage between the two, while 29 percent disapproved and 38 percent did not care, it found. A noticeable rise in support came from middle-aged Britons: 56 percent of 55- to 64-year-olds approve, compared with 27 percent of that age group polled last summer. |
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