The news abut the Queen's misgivings on Prince Charles' divorce from Diana in the London Daily Mail should come as no surprise. Your church was built upon breaking a contract, a covenant of faith, with the church that Jesus Christ bore 2000 years ago. The celebrated Church of England was in many ways the original divorce decree as even Luther had no intention of breaking with Rome, but rather cleaning up its excesses.
What is funny to me is that the Queen would be more worried about Charles' claim to the throne that the fact he was content to break his contract. His contract, not with the people of England, but a contract he entered into freely with God as witness, that he would be husband to Dianna. What marriage is perfect? Many will argue that in the modern day there are many excuses for divorce, but ultimately how often do we seek to find an excuse to file divorce papers instead of fix the problem in the marriage? Afterall, I have yet to attend a church service where the priest during the nuptials would say "Do you take this man, unless clause B(6) part II of paragraph D, the married snores excessively...", "...doesn't bring flowers enough.", etc.
The point of course is marriage is a contract. It is witnessed by God. There really are few, if any, escape clauses, yet Queen Elizabeth II is more concerned with the loss of human scepter then heavenly according to this article.
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