King Charles III: Jonathan Dimbleby discusses coronation

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King Charles III’s coronation will be held on Saturday, May 6 at Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace has announced after weeks of speculations around the ceremony date. Both the monarch and Camilla, the Queen Consort, will be crowned in the historic moment. But King Charles could break with tradition, as one of the key parts of the ceremony involving an oil made of wax-like material from the stomach of a sperm whale could be dropped.

Reading a piece from the Daily Mail’s journalist Robert Hardman, LBC’s Nick Ferrari said: “I am sure we will see plenty of hysterics on social media over the Coronation oil used to anoint the sovereign.

“For it is made to a sacred and ancient recipe that includes not just jasmine and cinnamon, but also civet and ambergris.

“Since civet comes from the glands of an African cat and ambergris is a wax-like material from the stomach of a sperm whale, expect howls of outrage on that front.”

Reacting to LBC’s Royal Correspondent Peter Hunt said: “The oil may well be amended but the oil is, as I’m saying, that key part of that solemn religious ceremony. 

“I mean the Queen saw it as a religious act of dedication.

“George VI thought he was given strength by God during that. 

“In 1953, it was done in private, away from television cameras. It may well be again where she shared all her robes, all white dressed and then, was anointed with this sacred oil.”

He added: “And they see it as linking right back to the first records in the Bible of the first King of Israel Saul David being anointed by the prophet Samuel. 

“And I think the other thing we shouldn’t forget before finishing, Nick, is of course one other person will also be crowned.

“I mean, quite an extraordinary moment will be the crowning of Camilla, Queen Camilla after her husband.”

Charles automatically became King when his mother, the late Queen, died but the coronation will mark a symbolic celebration of his reign.

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Next year’s ceremony will be the first of its kind in almost 70 years, as the last coronation took place in June 1953 with Elizabeth II. 

In a sign of modernity for the Royals, Buckingham Palace said the ceremony will combine the ancient and modern, adding it will be “rooted in longstanding traditions” but will also “reflect the monarch’s role today and look towards the future”.

The service is expected to last much less than the three hours of pomp and ceremony last seen during Her late Majesty’s coronation.

Aged 74, King Charles will be the oldest monarch ever crowned. The ceremony on May 6 coincides with the fourth birthday of his grandson Archie.

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