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Charles III: "Defender of the Faith" or "Defender of Faith"?

 King Charles III not only became Britain's monarch immediately upon the death of his mother, but he also became the Supreme Governor of the Church of England. And at his coronation he will be granted the symbolic title "Defender of the Faith", as have all British sovereigns since 1521. But in an interview in 1994 when he was still only the Prince of Wales and heir to the throne, Charles mused over the exact meaning of that title."