Negative reaction to John Murphy’s confession of having watched the Royal Wedding was interesting! I too, watched, without the slightest twinge of an uneasy conscience, one of the most fascinating television presentations that I have ever watched. I sent texts to many of my friends in the dead of night, which, alas, mostly went unanswered. Read more
Last Friday night we were forced to make agonizing choices – which TV programme? The netball, the rugby or The Wedding? Issues implied by one of the topics merit our serious attention. Any debate on the British Monarchy is like a debate on the Church – in many ways they are similar. Neither has democratic Read more
Visitors outside the gate at Buckingham Palace were asked to support the call to give “disgracefully low-paid” royal cleaners a living wage. Amidst high security for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Public and Commercial and Services union was outside the gates of Buckingham Palace from 12 noon to 2pm on 28 April Read more
The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Dr Richard Chartres KCVO, Bishop of London delivered the Address at the wedding of the Prince William and Catherine Middleton. His address focussed on the spiritual growth of a married couple, saying that the spiritual life grows as love centres beyond ourselves. “The more we give of self, the Read more
The pomp, circumstance and military trappings of the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton was light years away from the teachings of the vulnerable man Jesus who was executed by the Romans, says Sande Ramage. Despite that ‘The Royals at the Abbey’, with the full co-operation of the church, keep trying to blend two Read more
A Muslim group plans to turn the April 29 wedding of Prince William to Catherine Middleton into a “nightmare.” Police report Muslims Against the Crusades (MAS) applied for permission to protest outside Westminster Abbey on the day of the royal wedding. The police, who have the power to ban protests along the main route, have Read more