Joseph Pearce
The recent publication of a private letter written by King Charles III in 1998, when he was Prince of Wales, is causing quite a stir. Written to a friend, Dudley Poplak, it expresses King Charles’ disdain for the imposition of scientism on agriculture, which is itself of interest, but also expresses his scorn for the imposition of “loathsome political correctness” on Christian belief, which might come as a surprise to those who had always assumed that the King had himself succumbed to such “correctness”.
In the first part of the letter, King Charles refers to his opposition to genetically modified organisms (GMOs):
The whole prospect of a “Frankenstein” future fills me with unutterable gloom and despair. It is money that drives everything and wisdom has been banished in the face of seemingly unstoppable marketing. One is made to feel so powerless when confronted by such vast corporations as Monsanto…
It is encouraging to see a head of state speak out, albeit only in private correspondence, about the dangers of corporate globalism and the devastation it is causing to nature and the environment. It was, however, the King’s comments about the way that the Christian churches had been “corrupted by loathsome political correctness” which caused the most controversy. “Personally, the older I get, the more I am drawn to the great, timeless traditions of the Orthodox Church,” the future king wrote. “They are the only ones who have not been corrupted by loathsome political correctness.”
The controversial nature of the King’s words was exacerbated by the succumbing of the Church of England, of which King Charles is the Supreme Governor, to the worst elements of “wokeism”. Back in 2019, the late Queen’s former chaplain, Gavin Ashenden, converted to Catholicism, accusing the Anglican Church of “swallowing political correctness” wholesale. It is also widely believed that Prince Philip, » Read More
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