Though they lead different branches of the Christian Church, there is a peculiar synchronicity between the Windsors and the popes. When Britain was mourning Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997, the Vatican was grieving for its own icon, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who had died a few days after her. The funeral for Pope John Paul II in 2005 clashed with the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles, and caused the latter event to be delayed. And now the marriage of the future head of the Church of England, Prince William, has taken place just two days before the beatification – the final step before sainthood – of John Paul.
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