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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bishop-critical-of-royal-wedding.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="A leading bishop has reportedly made critical comments regarding the impending royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/min-bishop-critical-of-royal-wedding.jpg" alt="A leading bishop has reportedly made critical comments regarding the impending royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton"/></a></p>
<p>A leading bishop has reportedly made critical comments regarding the impending royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.</p>
<p>The Mail on Sunday claimed the Bishop of Willesden, Peter Broadbent, had posted comments on his Facebook page warning that the marriage may only last for seven years.</p>
<p>In other posts the avowed republican also reportedly referred to the royal family as &#8220;philanderers&#8221;.</p>
<p>A post on the bishop&#8217;s Twitter site, made on the same day as the royal wedding announcement, read: &#8220;Need to work out what date in the spring or summer I should be booking my republican day trip to France&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>His comments were condemned by Tory MP and friend of Prince Charles, Nicholas Soames, who told the paper: &#8220;They (the comments) are extremely rude, not what one expects from a bishop.&#8221;</p>
<p>The bishop, a Labour Party member and formerly an Islington Councillor, was unavailable for comment.</p>
<p>But a Church of England spokesman said: &#8220;He&#8217;s a bishop, he&#8217;s an individual, he&#8217;s got his own views.&#8221;</p>
<p>A source close to the clergyman said: &#8220;The bishop had actually written he didn&#8217;t think the marriage would last more than seven years because of harassment by the press, but I imagine the full quote was not printed.&#8221;</p>
<p>A spokesman for Clarence House declined to comment on the bishop&#8217;s postings.</p>
<p>Terry Sanderson, president of the National Secular Society, said: &#8220;It is extraordinary that a bishop of the Church of England should be a republican, given that Prince William &#8211; when he ascends the throne &#8211; will be his future boss.&#8221;</p>
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