The pilgrim king – King Charles III visits the Birmingham Oratory
The then Prince of Wales addresses a reception at the Pontifical Urban College in Rome in 2019 to mark the canonisation of Cardinal Newman
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Tabket features – Church and monarchy
All his life, two constant interests of the King have been history and religion. Not surprising, you might think, for a man born to be monarch and Supreme Governor of the Church of England. But his interest goes further than his own destiny: he read history at Cambridge and, according to one of his confidants, the former Bishop of London, Lord (Richard) Chartres, he is “enthralled by religion”.
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