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Of course, it is very much possible that Queen Elizabeth wanted to attend since her eldest child would get married again. However, rumors claim that she did not want to appear like she was giving her son more important than the Church of England’s beliefs.
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The Church might allow divorce and remarriage like before, but it continues to advise against the practice. In 2005, The Daily Telegraph said that a so-called anonymous “friend of the Queen” said that Elizabeth II herself said, “I am not able to go. I do not feel that my position permits it.” The same source added, “The Queen feels she has to put her role with the Church before her role as a mother.”