Christian heritage
January 23rd, 1999
A letter to the Daily Telegraph which was published on 23rd January 1999.
The English have never been great churchgoers, but the vast majority of our people bear witness to their Christian inheritance in countless non-Sunday or non-church events – in court, on state occasions, in schools, at funerals.
The coronation of a new monarch is not just a religious event. It is an affirmation of the duty that British sovereigns owe their subjects. The Church of England is the national church of the English; it is also the implicit custodian of some of the most important aspects of our national identity.