Before the accession of King Charles III, the Unit published two reports related to the accession of the new King: one on the accession and coronation oaths, and another on the coronation ceremony. Today the Unit has published revised versions of these reports. In this post, co-author Robert Hazell outlines the reports’ conclusions and discusses how the coming coronation will be on a much smaller scale than the previous one, in a UK that is radically different from the Britain of 1953.
Five years ago Bob Morris and I conducted a study of the accession and coronation oaths. These are three religious oaths which the new monarch is required by law to take at or soon after his accession. King Charles has already taken one, the Scottish oath, at the inaugural meeting of his Privy Council. He swore to uphold the Presbyterian church in Scotland in the following…
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