How King Charles's coronation will reflect his desire to be defender of all faiths

By Philip Williamson, Emeritus Professor of Modern British History, Durham University

Nearly 30 years ago, the then-Prince Charles indicated that as king he wanted not just to inherit the monarch’s traditional title of “defender of the faith”, but also to be a “defender of faith”. The monarch swears oaths of commitment to Protestantism and as supreme governor of the Church of England, but Charles has repeatedly said he also wants to be a protector of all main religious faiths, non-Christian as well as Christian.

For decades,…

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