Does it matter if Prince William believes in God?
The Prince of Wales seeks to assure us that, as a friend puts into his mouth, “I might not be at church every day, but I believe in it.” That formulation does not necessarily mean he believes in God or the doctrines of the Church of England. All it means is that he believes in the efficacy of the C of E and will dutifully fulfill his future role as its Supreme Governor. Actually, that is all we need to know. His great Tudor predecessor said she did not want to “make windows into men’s souls”; even kings are only men. The important thing, from a constitutional as opposed to a
