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Church of England, Anglican. It should be noted that Queen Elizabeth is immensely religious and ecumenical and has audiences- really summits- with several popes over her long reign.

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HM the Queen is actually a member of the Church of England and her role is that of Supreme Governor of the Church of England (a role that automatically is bestowed on the monarch).

As Supreme Governor, under Christ, of the Church of England, it does mean that, constitutionally, she cannot ever convert to Catholicism, nor can her successors as monarchs do so, nor can they ever marry a Catholic. This is because the Catholic Church will insist that any children from that union (and hence a future monarch) would be brought up Catholic. This would place the monarch in an untenable position being a Catholic and also Supreme Governor of another denomination.

However, some of the lower orders of the Royal Family have married Catholics, but, in doing so some have had to relinquish their claim to the throne.

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