Tags: Head of State

Tackling CofE privilege unites Anglicans and atheists at NSS event

Tackling CofE privilege unites Anglicans and atheists at NSS event

Politicians and priests united to challenge Church of England privileges at a National Secular Society event in parliament... Read More »

Coronation should trigger debate on church and state, says NSS

Coronation should trigger debate on church and state, says NSS

King Charles' coronation should trigger a debate on the future relationship between church and state, the NSS has said. Read More »

NSS calls for a more secular and inclusive coronation

NSS calls for a more secular and inclusive coronation

The National Secular Society has written to prime minister Rishi Sunak calling for a more secular and inclusive coronation... Read More »

Coronation should be less Anglican, more secular, report suggests

Coronation should be less Anglican, more secular, report suggests

A less Anglican, more secular coronation for King Charles could "celebrate the nation's diversity", a think tank has... Read More »

NSS probes future monarchs over gay marriage stance

NSS probes future monarchs over gay marriage stance

The National Secular Society has pressed the future monarchs to confirm their stance on homosexuality after the Church... Read More »

Head of state

Just a third of public supports royal ties with CoE, NSS poll finds

Only a third of the UK public thinks the monarchy's ties to the Church of England should remain intact, according... Read More »

Princess removed from line of succession for being Catholic

Princess removed from line of succession for being Catholic

The National Secular Society has said a Catholic princess's removal from the line of succession to the throne is "a... Read More »

Dilute Anglican presence in next coronation, says UCL report

Dilute Anglican presence in next coronation, says UCL report

Religious oaths should be revised or scrapped from the UK's next coronation service and a civil ceremony should be... Read More »

Charles’s accession could prompt disestablishment, says NSS report

Prince Charles's accession to the throne will offer a "particularly opportune moment" to press the benefits of disestablishing... Read More »

Charles vows to keep “Defender of the Faith” title as King

Prince Charles has stated that he will retain the monarch's traditional title as "Defender of the Faith" as King,... Read More »

Belgian monarchy rocked by Queen’s tax avoidance plans

Belgium plans to slash the annual stipend of the dowager Queen Fabiola after politicians learned she had set up a... Read More »

Monarch’s role as head of Church of England “unsustainable”

The National Secular Society says that the Queen's or any future Monarch's role as Supreme Governor of the Church... Read More »