The British Queen should no longer be head of the Church of England according to an influential left-wing organisation. The Fabian Society has published a report into the future of the monarchy and it says that the monarchy needs to properly represent the country's different religions. This report from Jane Little:
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The report calls for a [?] modernisation of the monarchy to bring it more into line with other European [?] monarchies. It says that members of the royal family should have to pay [?] tax and the Queen's role in the annual state opening of parliament should be changed.

But its biggest challenge to the [?] form of monarchy is to its [?] with the Church of England. It argues that the Queen should no longer be the Supreme [?] of the church. It also urges the overturning of the controversial Act of Settlement. Under that law passed in 1701, no [?] or anyone married to a [?] can succeed to the throne.

These changes would be the most [?] in five hundred years, since [?] broke away from the Roman Catholic faith and became head of the Church of England. But there is [?] pressure for changes to a system many [?] as out of step with modern, multi-cultural Britain. The Queen has herself said the monarchy needs to adapt to modern times, while the [?] to the throne, Prince Charles, has in the past declared his [?] to be the "defender of faiths" rather than "the faith".

Jane Little, Religious Affairs Correspondent