And as Hobson acknowledges in the broad church of Anglicanism there was never a golden age of harmonious working together. CEN was, of course, originally The Record and the Recordites had a reputation for strenuously opposing ritualism in the courts. Before that, the Church of England persecuted Catholicsand Puritans to a horrible extent. The idea that the C of E now has a theological core of moderate liberal Anglo- catholicism is specious nonsense.

Last night, identically worded statements were issued by Lambeth Palace, on behalf of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Buckingham Palace, saying: 'Details about the Coronation service will be released in due course.'

The tensions have arisen nearly 30 years after Charles famously declared his wish to be 'Defender of Faith', not simply 'Defender of the Faith' – a title that all English sovereigns since Henry VIII have held as head of the Church of England.

According to a report seen by The Times, the denomination now appears to be struggling to properly man its churches, with roughly 26 per cent of them reportedly failing to hold Sunday masses regularly.

Rising from 19 per cent before the pandemic, the study has reportedly blamed the lack of regular services on a shortage of ministers, as well as a general malaise that now appears to be impacting those heavily involved with the organisation's activities.

As a result, Islamic clerics will be entitled to apply for the top job when the current Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, steps down.

But the move us sure to upset many purists in the Church of England, who will see it as a "cheap publicity stunt".

Suffolk campaigner, the Rev Evan Elpuss has long argued that archbishops should really have to be members of the Church of England.