This really shouldn't come as a surprise: Prince Charles has banned all cellular phones, cameras and gifts at his wedding to Camilla Parker Bowes. After all, there are security and "annoyance" factors involved.
I wouldn't have even posted this except the article in The Daily Mirror reports, "The couple laid down the law to 800 guests after snatched camera phone shots were published of Prince Harry in a Nazi uniform."
"They were horrified when pictures of Prince Harry wearing a Nazi uniform to a fancy dress party were published. A photograph of him in the costume was taken on the camera phone of another guest and sold to a newspaper."
Invitation reminder
Most of the 800 people have been invited to only to the blessing at a chapel in Windsor Castle following a civil ceremony in the town's Guildhall. A note in the wedding invitation reads, "You are reminded the use of cameras and mobile phones in royal residence are forbidden."
The article says, "Guests will be forced to submit to potentially humiliating searches as they arrive at Windsor Castle. Police and security will be briefed to confiscate phones and cameras."
Security and embarrassment considerations notwithstanding, there also might be a commercial consideration in the ban. The Prince is considering selling officials photos and videos of the wedding to the media and using the profits for charity.
Impossible to prevent?
The Daily Mirror says experts believe it will be impossible to stop images from being taken because exclusive photos could be worth tens of thousands of pounds. Given the wide range of tiny cameras in all sorts of objects, I guess there indeed is a good chance of someone or someones being able to sneak in a camera.
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