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Prince Charles got gobsmacked!

A clash of diary dates on the royal calendar caused a nightmarefor Charles when the Vatican decided to conduct Pope John Paul II'sfuneral on his wedding day!

Not since Britain's King Henry VIII severed his ties to Rome whenthe pope refused to grant him a divorce has the papacy given theBritish royal family such a headache.

It's no secret the heir to the British throne's marriage todivorcee Camilla Parker Bowles has become a catalog of crises and alitany of disasters, but the pope's death might be the worst yet.

To wit: The Vatican's decision to conduct the papal funeral Fridayresulted in Prince Charles …