King Charles' Coronation will be 'rooted in traditions' says host

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King Charle’s coronation will be held in May next year and will be deeply religious and steeped in pageantry, a news report has claimed.

The Palace said the ceremony would “reflect the monarch’s role today and look towards the future”, it also added that it would be “rooted in longstanding traditions and pageantry”. 

According to reports, the coronation ceremony is divided into six phases including the recognition, the oath, the anointing, the investiture which includes the crowning, the enthronement and the homage.

The ceremony will be held at Westminster Abbey where the sovereign stands in the theatre and turns to show himself  “unto the people” at each of the four directions – east, south, west and north.

The Archbishop of Canterbury will proclaim Charles the “undoubted King” and ask the congregation and choir to show their homage and service by crying out “God Save King Charles”, with the order of service urging them to do so with “willingness and joy”.

The King will promise to reign according to law, exercise justice with mercy and maintain the Church of England.

With the Sword of State carried before him, the King will go to the altar and declare: “The things which I have here before promised, I will perform, and keep. So help me God.”

He will kiss the Bible and sign the Oath.

After the oath, the sovereign is then “anointed, blessed and consecrated” by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Camilla as Queen Consort will also be crowned, in a similar but simpler ceremony which follows the Homage.

After Charles’ marriage to Camilla, the Royal Family’s website added the get-out clause “unless decided otherwise” to the phrase: “A Queen consort is crowned with the King, in a similar but simpler ceremony.”

The Mirror reported that at George VI’s coronation, Queen Elizabeth was anointed and crowned.

She knelt down with the archbishop pouring holy oil on the crown of her head, and the Queen’s Ring was placed on her hand, and her crown on her head.

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Her coronation crown was made especially for the 1937 coronation and features the famous but controversial Koh-i-noor diamond.

She was presented with a sceptre and the ivory rod with the dove, before rising to sit On her own throne, after bowing “reverently” to her husband.

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