The former Archbishop of Canterbury believes King Charles has a big challenge ahead as he prepares to be coronated this weekend.
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, who officiated the wedding between Charles and Camilla in 2005, believes the King has a"big challenge ahead" as he prepares for Saturday’s coronation.
"The late Queen Elizabeth is a very hard act to follow in all kinds of ways," he told Sky News Australia. "Nonetheless I think people value that continuity, that sense of somebody who is not there just to advance an agenda but to recognize what binds our society together, what makes it cohesive, just, compassionate.Williams was the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, holding the position from December 2, 2002 to December 31, 2012 in a term where he married Charles and Camilla in 2005 and William and Kate in 2011.
"I think it's a very defensible way of looking at how you balance tradition, continuity and a recognition that society has moved on quite a bit since 1953," he said. "He's always been somebody deeply serious about his religious faith – somebody who has I think studied and absorbed quite a lot of things from other religious traditions than just the church of England," Williams said.
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