From The London Telegraph- (love the hat)
Bishop “Pete” Broadbent, the Bishop of Willesden, tells us on Facebook that he “doesn’t care about the Royals” and predicts that the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton – whom he compares to “shallow celebrities” – will be over in seven years.
These are indefensible comments which suggest that the bishop doesn’t understand his episcopal role. “Bishop Pete” isn’t recognised as a priest, let alone a bishop, by the Church of Rome – he only has any status because he is appointed by the Queen. He is part of the Church of England, and when he assented to the 39 Articles he was acknowledging something of profound importance that defines us as a nation and his duties as a bishop: that is, the existence of a hereditary monarch who is at the same time the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, to whom he owes as a serving bishop an automatic sense of loyalty and even gratitude.
More here-
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/peteroborne/100064640/the-bishop-who-sneered-at-prince-william-and-kate-middleton-should-resign/
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