“All those who desire it, in the Abbey and elsewhere, say together: I swear true allegiance to Your Excellency and your successors according to law. God is my witness,” reads the text
His coronation King Charles on Saturday will also include an invitation to the public to pledge allegiance to the monarch and his successors, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s office announced, releasing the exact coronation ritual.
An invitation to citizens to pay their respects by joining a “chorus of millions of voices” is among the new elements to be added to an old ceremony, according to a statement from the office of the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.
The particular section states: “All those who desire it, at Abbey and elsewhere, say together: I swear true allegiance to Your Excellency and your successors according to law. God is my witness.”
In other elements that will be included in a coronation ceremony for the first time, the process will also include languages associated with the British Isles–a prayer in Welsh and a hymn in Welsh, Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic, and they will be able to participate and women bishops, the release said.
Charles, who became monarch of the United Kingdom and its remaining 14 states Commonwealth (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize and Saint Kitts) after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth in September, she is to be officially crowned on May 6 at Westminster Abbey in London during a ceremony full of luxury, symbolism and religious significance.
According to details of the ceremony released by Buckingham Palace yesterday, Charles will wear the same outfit — crimson and purple silk velvet — worn by his grandfather, King George VI. ‘ at his own coronation in 1937.
Source :Skai
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