![]() “I come not to be served but to serve,” Charles said at the beginning of the coronation service.Īdministering the oath to the King, the Archbishop of Canterbury asked Charles: “Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the peoples of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, your other realms and the territories to any of them belonging or pertaining, according to their respective laws and customs?”Ĭharles responded: “I solemnly promise so to do.” In the most secret and mysterious part of the service, Charles was “anointed” behind screens.Ĭharles and Camilla were driven to Westminster Abbey in the Diamond Jubilee State Coach, and after the service returned to Buckingham Palace in a pomp-filled ceremonial procession in the Gold State Coach. Camilla was crowned with Queen Mary’s crown. Edward’s crown-the same that his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, wore at her 1953 coronation. ![]() During a ritual, jewel-filled ceremony, Charles was crowned with St. ![]()
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