King hated the ‘loathsome political correctness’ of
most churches
His comments, made in 1998 while he was Prince of Wales, are therefore likely to be seen as a veiled criticism of the church he was destined to lead upon taking the throne.
Popak died in 2005 and the letter was among a collection of royal correspondence sold at auction by Lay’s Auctioneers of Penzance, Cornwall, for more than £1,700.
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