Prayer and contemplation will accompany pomp and celebration Saturday when King Charles III is anointed with vegan holy oil consecrated in Jerusalem and the Archbishop of Canterbury places the St. Edward’s Crown on his head for the first time.
William will pledge “my loyalty to you and faith and truth I will bear unto you” as he kneels before the king during the service. This pledge will be supplemented with a new “Homage of the People.” Those viewing the ceremony are invited to pledge their loyalty to the monarch.
The coronation marks a first: Both the king and his wife are divorcees. Such a pairing would not have been permitted under Church of England rules in earlier years. Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales, divorced in 1996 after four years of separation. She was killed in a car crash the following year.
Legend holds that the stone was “Jacob’s pillow” from the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament, but author and professor Ian Bradley, an expert on the monarchy’s history, said the stone was made of material not found in the biblical world. The Archbishop of Canterbury will introduce the oath by explaining the monarch’s present-day role in protecting all faiths in the nation.
In 1994, the then-Prince of Wales told BBC interviewer Jonathan Dimbleby that he wanted to be known as the “defender of the faith” but has since walked back that remark. In an address after his 2022 accession to the throne, Charles said he fully recognized his role within the Anglican Communion.
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