Cardinal to preach to British royal family

The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, is to preach to the Queen and the British royal family at their estate at Sandringham today.

It will be the first time in 500 years that a Catholic leader has been invited to preach to a monarch.

The cardinal has been spending the weekend on the estate as a guest of the royal family, his spokesman is describing today’s events as ‘historic’.