What King Charles’s first Christmas message revealed about his Christian faith
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Catherine Pepinster2023-01-03T16:28:00
King Charles III’s record-breaking Christmas Day broadcast highlighted the fine balancing act that a believing monarch in a secular society must tread, says Catherine Pepinster
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