"As somebody who was brought up on that
prayer book - day after day, year after year, Sunday after Sunday,
school worship after school worship, evening prayer, communion,
everything - those words do sink into your soul in some extraordinary
way," he told a group at Lambeth Palace.
"One
of the things I have never understood is why there is such an anxiety
about accessibility when in fact, if we think about it, we all get older
and we are not all 18 or 16 forever.
"Even
though you may not understand those words at that age, it is only when
you get a bit older and you have lived through life and had all sorts of
experiences and you have suffered, and you have survived perhaps, that
you then realise just how valuable those forms of words are, just how
valuable the sense of the sacred is in our lives.
"And
how, when you are up against it, and you have terrible moments to
endure or overcome, whether it is being in war or faced with some
appalling difficulty, or even facing death, then those words, those
wonderful words, come back to you, if you have been lucky enough to have
absorbed them over your lifetime.
"So I do think that sense of the beauty of holiness is something of enormous importance."
If only more contemporary Anglican clergy demonstrated such an understanding of the importance and value of tradition! HRH will make an excellent Supreme Governor of the Church someday.
On a lighter note, about a week later the Prince surprised BBC Scotland viewers by reading the weather forecast, which he did with great aplomb and humour:
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