Querying the Queen

Dear Editor,

In response to the article about the Queen and her faith in Jesus I felt (May en) compelled to write.

On 2 June 1953, the Queen made her Coronation oath before God and before the people. The archbishop asked the Queen: ‘Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the Laws of God and the true profession of the gospel? Will you to the utmost of your power maintain in the United Kingdom the Protestant Reformed Religion established by law?’

‘All this I promise to do,’ the Queen replied. But has she?

How many babies have been murdered since the Abortion Act of 1967 was passed, which the Queen put her name to? The LGBTQ community positively celebrates the many laws which the Queen has signed to legalise sin and practically criminalise the teachings of the Bible. Now school children in England can barely whisper in the playground that only a man can truly marry a lady, and a true lady at that!

Let us pray for our Queen, but should we not question her faith?

Yours sincerely,
Talitha Thomas By email

Dear Editor,

In response to ‘Fascinating facts about the Queen’ (en, May): Are you aware – and do you care – that she broke her Coronation oath on Commonwealth Day 1991 by allowing the Quran to be read as an act of worship in Westminster Abbey? Also, on 13 March 1992, she allowed Cardinal Hume – a Roman Catholic – to preach at the dedication of an Anglican Church, Christ the Cornerstone, Milton Keynes – ignoring a petition by 2,000 evangelical ministers asking her not to do so!

Yours sincerely,
Dean McBride London

Editor’s note: According to a 2016 academic paper by Professor Robert Hazell and Dr Bob Morris of the Constitution Unit, University College London: ‘Royal assent to a Bill was last refused in 1707, when Queen Anne, on the advice of her ministers, withheld Royal assent to a Bill to arm the Scottish militia. It is inconceivable the monarch would withhold Royal assent today, save on the advice of ministers.’ They also state that in relation to the Church of England: ‘The church is to all intents and purposes autonomous.’