The House of Windsor is probably the most famous royal family in the world. Steeped in ancient tradition, the 'Firm' as they are called in the media, is run like a big corporation headed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II with its headquarters at Buckingham Palace. Originally built as a private residence of the Duke of Buckingham, it was officially installed as a royal palace with the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837.
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The building has been extensively remodeled to its present structure with an impressive facade flanked by three wings round a central courtyard in a quadrangle. A building with a hollow middle without a heart is indicative of austerity and solemnity of the residents. There is a lack of warmth and harmony. According to the trigram, the Northeast direction of the front of the palace reinforces the regimental and conservative characteristics of the household as reflected in the code of conduct of the royal family who is strictly governed by protocol and
etiquette. The palace is accessed via a straight road called the Mall that shoots straight at the building like a 'poison arrow' sending negative energy.
At the front of the palace, the Victoria Memorial, a high structure with a large seated statue of Queen Victoria topped by a tall winged sculpture of Victory at the pinnacle further ushers the 'shar chi' force towards the palace, The House of Windsor has been plagued with scandals (even among its employees), divorces and tragedy. And the mother of all divorces among the royals is between the Prince and Princess of Wales In 1992 at the height of the 'War of the Wales' and the Windsor Castle fire, the Queen in her speech called it a year of "annus horribilis' to describe the disastrous events.
When the Prince of Wales was ready to settle down, the search for the right 'candidate' was in earnest. As the heir to the throne, his wife would have to come from either royal blood or an impeccable background. Then along came Lady Diana Spencer from an aristocratic background whose family historically have strong ties with the royal family past and present. She was the perfect candidate to be the wife of the future king.
Young and fresh with a faultless reputation of innocence without any history of past lovers lurking in the background, she was also blessed with the good looks of a pure English rose. So on 29 July 1981, the whole world rejoiced as Lady Diana walked down the aisle in St Paul's Cathedral and walked out as the Princess of Wales in the arms of her Prince Charming. It was described as a 'fairytale wedding' and the whole nation celebrated with joy.
Everyone wished the royal couple everlasting happiness. Little did we ever imagine the maelstrom and tragedy that followed the royal couple, which shook the House of Windsor to the core and divided the nation in their respect for the monarchy.
From their natal chart, the marriage between Diana and Prince Charles was incompatible. Diana was Kua 3 from East House while Prince Charles is Kua 7 from West House. His Chinese zodiac sign is Water Rat and Diana was Earth Ox and in the Five Element Cycle, earth destroys water, but the Ox and the Rat are secret friends. Despite their bitter divorce, Charles did care for Diana as the mother of his children and he was visibility shaken by her tragic death and it was he, not the Spencer family, who went to Paris and brought her body back and insisted her coffin be draped with the royal insignia. Camilla on the other hand is a perfect match for Prince Charles.
They are both in West House with kua 7 and share the element of water. Divided by their age gap of 13 years apart, Diana and Prince Charles were intellectually incompatible and they had very little in common. Camilla on the other hand is of similar age and intellectual level as Prince Charles and she shares his love of country pursuits of hunting, fishing and gardening, and she understands his priority to his royal duty above everything else. For him, she has always been the love of his life but royal constitution forbid him to marry a divorcee at the time, but in the end, love conquers all. To continue, you can read Part 2 of The Royal Wedding at the next post. If you want to find out more Feng Shui, you can check out Feng Shui And Marriage.