Bob of Speakers' Corner

They lived as spiritual brothers and sisters, but he got rid of taxes to lighten the tax load.

He pursued justice throughout the realm.

He cared for the poor, used to feed hundreds in his own court, the poor people.

He became, and he suffered a lot,

to pursue holiness.

And that's why he's called Edward the Confessor.

So these people connect us to our past.

So for instance, the stone that was wore by Edward the Confessor, a sapphire stone, is in the state crown that the queen wears, or the king will now wear.

And it's a blue sapphire stone at the very top of the Malta cross.

And that is a relic of the saint.

So they connect us to our past.

They connect us to our Christian tradition.

They embody the best of the Christian tradition.

But they also unite us to others, which is why, you know, it's not, you know, being Christian and patriotic or being patriotic in a Christian way is not xenophobic.

Because the great saint of England was an Armenian from Cappadocia, St.

George.

The person that proclamated the cult of St.

Edward the Confessor was Henry II, who was a Norman.

So he'd come from Normandy.

He was a descendant of William the Conqueror.