My Mail on Sunday column 18th September 2022. Restoring Things that are Gone to Decay:

 

When King Charles comes to be crowned I very much hope that he will promise, as his mother did in 1953, to ���restore the things that are gone to decay��� and ���maintain the things that are restored���. I have some particular things in mind. But the trouble is that so many things have gone to decay in the last 70 years, and I am worried by reports that the Coronation Service - which contained these words 69 years ago - may itself be revised. Are such ideas still acceptable?  

 

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