The other event was the Lambeth Conference.

The Commonwealth Games took place in Birmingham at the same time as the Lambeth Conference and were broadcast across the world. India won 22 gold medals in boxing, badminton, table tennis and wrestling. They were all coached by non-Indians, the badminton team by a Chinese. Was this a compromise? International resources were being shared. No one kept their expertise to themselves. All served a higher purpose.

Justin Welby, nominal head of the Anglican communion, is undoubtedly on board with environmentalism. He made this clear in a keynote speech on Sunday at the Lambeth Conference. Unfortunately, if you expected him to put the religious argument for environmentalism at the forefront of his speech, you would be disappointed. His approach was rather different. It was all a matter, he said, of an unjust society and the need to deal with it.

"Church" is described as a Christian denomination. That is a distinct religious body within Christianity that comprises all church congregations of the same kind that are identifiable by traits such as a common name, particular history, organizational setup, leadership, theological doctrine, worship style and its common founder.

Henry was a Duke of York, second in line to the throne. His brother Arthur was the Prince of Wales and his Princess of Wales was Catherine of Aragon. Princess Catherine was the daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabel of Spain, who underwrote Christopher Columbus' voyages to the New World in 1492.