Prince Charles said at the private reception at Lambeth House he was dismayed that a report by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), a Catholic charity that supports oppressed Christians, had received little coverage.

The report Religious Freedom in the World 2016 was launched at Clarence House at an event attended by the Prince.

He even posted a video message supporting the study. But the report received little coverage in the mainstream media and no mention on national television, much to Prince Charles’s chagrin.

The source at the Lambeth House event said: “Prince Charles complained that the Aid to the Church in Need report had sunk without trace because people were so obsessed with Brexit.”