King Charles III tells Congress his faith is a “firm anchor”
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🗓️ 29 April 2026
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Summary
King Charles III addressed a joint session of Congress this week, speaking of the Christian faith as “a firm anchor and daily inspiration” that guides both individuals and communities, a reminder that our “democratic, legal, and social traditions” are rooted in something deeper than politics. As our Founders understood, the true power of the nation lies not in government but in the “indispensable supports” of “religion and morality.” The problem comes when we settle for an evangelicalism that is content to know our souls are saved but busy inside the “bastions” of our counter-cultural social monasticism.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Wednesday, April 29th, 2026, and you've joined us for Denison Forum's Daily Article Podcast. |
| 0:09.1 | Welcome. Dr. Jim Denison, co-founder and author, wrote today's daily article. |
| 0:14.1 | I'm yours truly, Chris Elkins. |
| 0:18.0 | King Charles III addressed a joint session of Congress on Monday afternoon. |
| 0:23.1 | Watching on television as he entered the chamber to a standing ovation, |
| 0:27.5 | I wondered what our founders would have thought as the British monarch was welcomed |
| 0:31.9 | into our highest cathedral of independent governance. |
| 0:36.0 | The king expressed solidarity with our nation bringing, quote, |
| 0:39.7 | the highest regard and friendship of the British people to the people of the United States. |
| 0:45.0 | As he noted, our democratic, legal, and social traditions stretch back to the Magna Carta, |
| 0:52.2 | showing that, quote, time and again, our two countries have |
| 0:55.7 | found ways to come together. He added that our defense and military alliance is measured not in |
| 1:02.5 | years, but in decades. The king also stated that, quote, for many here and for myself, |
| 1:08.7 | the Christian faith is a firm anchor and daily inspiration that guides |
| 1:13.3 | us not only personally, but together as members of our community. He then spoke to our shared |
| 1:19.0 | duty to value all people of all faiths and of none, end quote. His remarks illustrated the |
| 1:26.5 | balancing act a British monarch must perform daily. On one hand, |
| 1:31.1 | he is the sovereign of the United Kingdom, the leader in whose name the government is formed and acts. |
| 1:37.6 | On the other hand, he is constitutionally bound to remain above politics. His role is to represent the |
| 1:44.1 | UK rather than to speak for its government. |
| 1:47.0 | The monarch often gives political and practical advice to prime ministers and other leaders, but always in private. |
| 1:54.0 | As the English poet Tennyson once noted, Britain is a crowned republic, one in which the monarch reigns but does not rule. |
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