Hereditary head of state Elizabeth Windsor has twice written to the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, a conservative group within the Anglican Church, to wish it well. The Fellowship is opposed to the ordination as bishops of gay men and lesbians.
The British head of state, who is also titular head of the Church of England, is expected to be politically non-partisan although the “unwritten constitution” provides no way of enforcing this.
A spokesperson for the Republic group said “This is a catastrophic blunder by the Queen. It gives the lie to the idea that she is politically impartial. By publicly aligning herself with the FCA, the Queen has strayed not only into a religious debate but also a highly political one.”