King Charles III is to be crowned on 6 May next year in a holy ritual steeped in centuries of tradition. | News24Arts
Subscribers can listen to this articleThe ceremony will be ministered by Archbishop Justin Welby and will end with Charles receiving his royal ornaments, including a sceptre and the crown.King Charles III is to be crownedElizabeth II's coronation in 1953 came more than a year after she became queen upon the death of her father, George VI.
Welby will then anoint Charles with consecrated oil using a 12th-century silver-gilt spoon, the oldest artifice in Britain's Crown Jewels. The sovereign finally receives his royal ornaments, including a sceptre and the crown, which is put in place by the archbishop.Charles's wife Camilla will then be crowned Queen Consort in a shorter and simpler ceremony.
Made of gold, silver, rubies and sapphires, it weighs more than two kilograms and is placed on the monarch's head at the actual moment of crowning.
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