Charles III is the "Supreme Governor of the Church of England" and makes an oath at the Coronation to 'maintain and preserve' the settlement of the Church of England. Since the Act of Settlement of 1701, the monarch is required to be a member of the Church of England and an 'Anglican communicant'.
This year, he just send a message to muslims, at the end of Ramadam, ignoring other religious confessions, like Christians, Jews and the Church of England, all of them celebrating special religious events, at the same time of the end of Ramadan.
He is a "dhimmi" (*), already submited to the Islam.
(*) The status of dhimmi was based on a theoretical contract called the dhimma, which established reciprocal rights and obligations:
Rights of the dhimmis (in exchange for loyalty):
Protection of life, property, and honor by the Islamic state.
Freedom of religious practice, including their own courts and religious leaders (for example, Jews had their rabbinical courts).
Exemption from military service, which was obligatory for Muslims.
Obligations and Restrictions:
Payment of the jizya: a poll tax paid by dhimmis in exchange for the protection of the Islamic state.
Specific restrictions: These varied according to time and place, but often included:
Distinctive clothing to be identified as non-Muslims.
Prohibition on building new churches or synagogues (or repairing existing ones without permission).
Inability to carry weapons or ride horses with saddles.
Legal inferiority in certain areas, such as the value of testimony in court (the testimony of a dhimmi is worth only one-third of the testimony of a Muslim) or in diya (homicide compensation — the life of a dhimmi is worth half the indemnity awarded to a Muslim).

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