April 5, 2026

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King Charles III has prompted concern from members of the public and some Christian leaders in the United Kingdom for declining to issue a formal Easter message to his subjects this year, despite offering one last year and commemorating Ramadan with a statement in February.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla held the Royal Maundy service on Thursday in Wales for only the second time in its 800-year history, though the king’s lack of an Easter message, which was confirmed by Buckingham Palace, raised eyebrows from many on social media, including some who speculated he might have secretly converted to Islam.

Ceirion H. Dewar, a traditionalist Anglican bishop who penned an open letter to the king last month, warning that the Christian heritage of the U.K. is being “deliberately eroded” and faces growing hostility amid surging Islam, told GB News that he is “bitterly disappointed” by the lack of a royal Easter message this year.

“There isn’t a royal precedent for releasing a message, but since coming to the throne, Charles has chosen to do so every year,” he said. “Having just issued a Ramadan and Eid Mubarak message for the Islamic community, choosing not to give an Easter message is bitterly disappointing.”

“It does not meet the expectations you would expect from the monarch,” he added. “Christians will be heartbroken, having learned the defender of the faith has ignored them.”

In a stunning display of modern monarchy multitasking, King Charles III has managed to reign supreme over Easter silence while simultaneously sprinkling goodwill on Ramadan, leaving traditionalists clutching their hymnals and conspiracy theories in equal measure. After last year’s Easter message, now conspicuously MIA, and a rare Royal Maundy service in Wales (because why not mess with 800 years of tradition?), the king's gestures have sparked a social media safari of whispered doubts—maybe he’s switched faiths, or maybe he just hit ‘mute’ on the holiday playlist. Meanwhile, the ever-outraged Anglican bishop laments a supposed Christian erosion, proving once and for all that nothing says “defender of the faith” like publicly pouting about missing tweets. So, while Charles keeps Buckingham’s soap opera spinning, the rest of us wait for the next episode where Easter messages become as rare as tea without crumpets.

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