Prince William should finish what Charles started – and sever the ridiculous ties of church and state | Simon Jenkins

Rumours that the heir isn’t religious are heartening: monarchy is dubious enough without the Anglican mumbo-jumbo

Once upon a time, news that the heir to the throne may decline his “supreme governorship” of the Church of England would have caused an earthquake. Bishops would have wept as theologians worried all night. Was the 1534 Reformation for nothing?

As it is, the gossip extracted in the Daily Mail from the latest royal pot-boiler suggests that Prince William does not worship much and that he...