![]() He won’t, though, do without the velvet and ermine cape worn in 1953 by his mother, Elizabeth II, and by Charles himself during his investiture as the prince of Wales in 1969.Īnd, as in the coronation of his mother, who allowed the ceremony to be televised for the first time, cameras will be prevented from capturing the moment when the archbishop of Canterbury anoints the king, now seated on the Coronation Chair, with sacred oil. Charles will shun the stockings and breeches worn by his grandfather, George VI, instead donning military uniform. However, half of the 2,000 guests inside the abbey – doctors, nurses, social workers and community volunteers – will represent a more diverse British society whose members encompass other religions, or aren’t religious at all. ![]() Once at Westminster Abbey, the United Kingdom’s new king will swear to rule according to law and to defend the Protestant faith of the Church of England, of which he is supreme governor. ![]()
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