Let Prince and Camilla marry, urges rabbi
By P J Bonthrone
 

THE Prince of Wales should be free to marry Camilla Parker Bowles and would strengthen the institution of marriage by so doing, says a rabbi.

 Rabbi Jonathan Romain, of Maidenhead Reform Synagogue, says that the Talmud, the interpretation of and commentary on Jewish religious law, views gravely the ending of a first marriage, but second marriages often succeed.

 He writes in the Jewish Chronicle today: "There is an element of tragic romance to the story of the young Prince and his friend who were in love in the 1970s, made wrong decisions and each married someone else, but always maintained their friendship, which then blossomed anew as those mistakes became evident, and who now have the chance of taking up where they left off 30 years ago."

 They had "erred morally" but "suffered accordingly".