Bishop questions Prince as 'defender of faith'
(Filed: 27/05/2006)

A senior Anglican bishop has questioned the Prince of Wales's intention to be seen as the defender of all faiths, rather than just Christianity.

Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester, said that differences between the faiths made it impossible to defend all of them.

And he pointed out that Prince Charles would be obliged to take an oath to defend the Christian church if he succeeded to the throne.

"The basis for British society is Christian constitutionally. Many of its institutions are based on Christian ideas - the monarchy, for instance, legal arrangements derived from the Judeo-Christian ethic," he told the BBC. the rest