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The coronation of King Charles III as ruler of the United Kingdom will take place next week. All English people were invited to swear allegiance to the king. Photo/REUTERS
LONDON – Coronation Raja Charles III as ruler of the British Empire will take place next week. Organizers invited everyone in the country to swear allegiance to the new king and his descendants in what was billed as a “chorus of millions”.
The ceremony has been revised to include a “respect to the people”, rather than the traditional “respect of comrades” in which a duke or duke swears allegiance to the sovereign. Thus the ceremony plan announced by the Church of England.
According to the Church of England, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will summon all persons of good will in England and its territories—those who attended the ceremony at Westminster Abbey and those who watched on television or the internet—to take the following oath: “I swear that I will pay allegiance to true to Your Majesty and to your heirs and successors according to law, so help me God.”
The Archbishop will then say, “God save the king” and ask everyone to answer: “God save King Charles. Life of King Charles. May the king live forever.”
The public oath of allegiance is one of several adaptations to the ceremony with ancient traditions, some of which date back nearly half a millennium.
“Our hope at that time, when the archbishop invited the people to join, that people wherever they are, if they are watching at home alone, watching television, I will say it out loud, the nation and the whole world support the king, ” said Lambeth Palace through a spokesperson in a statement, which was published on Twitter, Sunday (30/4/2023).
Among other changes to the traditional ceremony, the coronation will feature prominent priestesses and other religious leaders presenting the king with regalia for the occasion, including his robes, rings and bracelets.
A hymn will be sung in Welsh, Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic. “The service will celebrate tradition while adding new elements that reflect the diversity of our contemporary society,” Archbishop Welby said.
However, King Charles III would take the traditional oaths, including a promise to maintain the “Protestant Reformation religion”. The archbishop will preface the oath by saying that the Church of England will work to develop an environment where people of all faiths and beliefs can live freely.
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