Prince William could break 500-year tradition and cut ties with Church of England as king
nypost.comPrince William, the heir apparent to the British throne, could potentially break away from the Church of England when he takes over the monarchy from his father, King Charles III. “In royal circles, it is no secret that he does not share the king’s sense of the spiritual, let alone the late queen’s unshakeable devotion to the Anglican church,” Hardman, 59, writes of William in “The Making of a King: King Charles III and the Modern Monarchy.” In his book, which is set to hit stores Thursday, one senior staff member claims that the Prince of Wales, 41, is not quite as religious as some might think. “His father is very spiritual and happy to talk about faith but the prince is not,” the official told Hardman. “He doesn’t go to church every Sunday, but then nor do the large majority of the country.
He might go at Christmas and Easter but that’s it.”“He very much respects the institutions but he is not instinctively comfortable in a faith environment,” Hardman’s source alleges.
William attended a Christmas Day service at St. Mary Magdalene in Sandringham alongside his wife, Kate Middleton, and their three children, Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 8, and Prince Louis, 5.Henry VIII adopted the Church of England as the monarchy’s religion in 1534 after the pope refused to consent to the king divorcing his first wife, Catherine of Aragon.
Under the new church, Henry voided the marriage and took Anne Boleyn as his new wife. Official law, co-signed by the British government, dictates that whoever ascends to the crown automatically assumes the title of supreme governor of the Church of England.
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