University of Denver - Kynewisbok Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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5 Vi. The Royal Wedding On Wednesday, July 29, 1981, at 11 a.m., at St. Paulis Cathedral, Lon- don, England, the wedding took place of H.R.H. Charles, Prince of Wales, 32, and Lady Diana Spencer, 20, a ttcommonertt from a well-connected English family. It was a major event by any standards: as the future monarch of Great Britain, Charlest marriage was bound to attract a lot of attention. But two ingredients spiced up the occasion, turning it into a media event of im- mense proportions. First, the bride was young and beautiful and second, the timing of the wedding was perfect, com- ing as it did when Britain was being besieged by street riots in several cities in England, and civil disturbances in Northern Ireland. Somehow, everyone seemed ready for the good news. Millions tuned in, sharing in the romance being marketed and packaged by the British into a show of shows which only they could put on. It was estimated that 750 million peo- ple - one sixth of the worlds population - watched the royal wedding on televi- sion. They became familiar with all the minutiae surrounding the occasion, and they wallowed in it: the mystery recipe for the official wedding cake, which was 4V2 feet high and weighed 225 lbs; the secrecy shrouding the wedding gown until that final moment when Lady Di descended from her glass carriage out- side St. Paqu to reveal a silk gown with a 25 ft. train; the fireworks display, claimed to be the largest Britain had seen in 250 years; the fact that Charles had to stand on a box behind his bride- to-be when posing for their engagement portrait since her height made it difficult for him to achieve that toweringly royal look. One correspondent described the whole affair as a 16th century pageant rolling through 20th century London. And the world enjoyed every second. i'x $ t x x a - - . ex hney abhhhh ;s ---- -y Denise Moore

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A lady among the brethren On September 25, Sandr OlConnor became the 102nd Am . and the first w0man to be appmrinaan Justice of the Supreme Court ofetha United States. Despite some Opposiii e from various religious groups, Who :3: that the former Arizona appeals coun Judge 3 vtews on abortion were too liberal, O Connor fairly sailed past the members of the Senate Judiciary Com- mittee, who accepted her views on the subject, and gave her full marks for her d i p l o m a c y . Describing her personal tlabhonence'i for abortion, the 51-year-old motherol three told the committee that while she would never have had an abortion, she would not allow her llpersonal views and philosophies to affect her iudgements llas much as that is possible. Reagan had promised during his cam- paign for the presidency that if elected he would appoint a woman to the Supreme Court at the first opportunity. That chance came sooner than most people expected - within the first six monthsol the new president's term - when Justice Potter Stewart announced his decision to retire from the bench. Denise Moore