The row over the COE decision not to allow women bishops has now entered the political arena.
Elizabeth and her siblings have been stigmatised by many as ‘lowborn commoners’ but the truth is somewhat different being of the English Blood Royal themselves through their ancestor King John. Other notable ancestors include Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, founder of the English Parliament and King John’s son-in-law, and Romano Orsini, Vicar-General of Rome of the leading family in medieval Rome whose members also included Popes and Cardinals. It was through the marriage of Anastasia de Montfort, Simon’s granddaughter, to Romano Orsini that the Woodvilles acquired their royal genes.