The service for the King’s coronation is centred across the theme of ‘referred to as to serve’ and his solemn vow to God, the folks of the nations and the realms.
For nearly a thousand years, Westminster Abbey, with the shrine of St Edward, King and Confessor, at its coronary heart, has remained the place of coronation for the nation’s monarchs.
Beginning at 11am on Saturday, the ceremony might be carried out by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and a number of other choirs will participate. Here is the order of service:
The King and Queen Consort will enter the abbey by way of the good west door because the choir sings I Was Glad, which was initially composed by Hubert Parry for the coronation of Edward VII in 1902:
I used to be glad once they stated unto me:
We will go into the home of the Lord.
Our ft shall stand in thy gates,
O Jerusalem.
Jerusalem is builded as a metropolis, that’s at unity in itself.
Vivat Regina Camilla! Vivat!
Vivat Rex Carolus! Vivat!
O pray for the peace of Jerusalem,
They shall prosper that love thee.
Peace be inside thy partitions,
and plenteousness inside thy palaces.
Their Majesties will transfer by way of the church to the chairs of property within the coronation theatre. The regalia, Bible, paten, and chalice are positioned on the altar.
All stay standing.
Samuel Strachan, youngster of his Majesty’s chapel royal, addresses the King:
Your Majesty, as kids of the dominion of God we welcome you within the title of the King of kings.
The King replies:
In his title and after his instance I come to not be served however to serve.
Their Majesties stay standing on the chairs of property in silent prayer.
The Archbishop of Canterbury offers the greeting and introduction:
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you.
And with thy spirit.
Alleluia. Christ is risen.
He is risen certainly. Alleluia.
All sit.
Dearly beloved, we’re gathered to supply worship and reward to Almighty God; to have a good time the lifetime of our nations; to hope for Charles, our King; to recognise and to offer thanks for his lifetime of service to this nation, the realms, and the Commonwealth.
And to witness with pleasure his anointing and crowning, his being set aside and consecrated for the service of his folks.
Let us dedicate ourselves alike, in physique, thoughts, and spirit, to a renewed religion, a joyful hope, and a dedication to serve each other in love.
The choir, along with Sir Bryn Terfel, sings Kyrie eleison by Paul Mealor, composed for this service:
Arglwudd, trugarhâ, Crist, trugarhâ. Arglwydd, trugarhâ. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
:: THE RECOGNITION
The King strikes to face west of the coronation chair and turns to face east. The archbishop says:
I right here current unto you King Charles, your undoubted King: Wherefore all you who’re come today to do your homage and repair, are you prepared to do the identical?
All reply: God save King Charles.
A fanfare is sounded. The King turns to face south. Lady Elish Angiolini says:
I right here current unto you King Charles, your undoubted King: Wherefore all you who’re come today to do your homage and repair, are you prepared to do the identical?
All reply: God save King Charles.
A fanfare is sounded. The King turns to face west. Christopher Finney says:
I right here current unto you King Charles, your undoubted King: Wherefore all you who’re come today to do your homage and repair, are you prepared to do the identical?
All reply: God save King Charles.
A fanfare is sounded. The King turns to face north. Baroness Amos says:
I right here current unto you King Charles, your undoubted King: Wherefore all you who’re come today to do your homage and repair, are you prepared to do the identical?
All reply: God save King Charles.
A fanfare is sounded because the King returns to the chair of property and sits.
:: THE PRESENTING OF THE HOLY BIBLE
Dr Iain Greenshields, moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, receives the Bible from the Dean of Westminster and presents it to the King, saying:
Sir, to maintain you ever conscious of the legislation and the Gospel of God because the rule for the entire life and authorities of Christian princes, obtain this e-book, essentially the most precious factor that this world affords. Here is knowledge; that is the royal legislation; these are the energetic oracles of God.
:: THE OATHS
The moderator receives the Bible and locations it earlier than the King. The King stands and the archbishop says:
Your Majesty, the church established by legislation, whose settlement you’ll swear to keep up, is dedicated to the true career of the Gospel, and, in so doing, will search to foster an surroundings wherein folks of all faiths and beliefs could dwell freely.
The coronation oath has stood for hundreds of years and is enshrined in legislation. Are you prepared to take the oath?
The King replies:
I’m prepared.
The King locations his hand on the Bible, and the archbishop administers the oath:
Will you solemnly promise and swear to control the peoples of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, your different realms and the territories to any of them belonging or pertaining, in accordance with their respective legal guidelines and customs?
The King replies:
I solemnly promise so to do.
The archbishop says:
Will you to your energy trigger legislation and justice, in mercy, to be executed in all of your judgements?
The King replies:
I’ll.
The King kneels on the chair of property. The archbishop says:
Will you to the utmost of your energy preserve the legal guidelines of God and the true career of the Gospel? Will you to the utmost of your energy preserve within the United Kingdom the protestant reformed faith established by legislation?
Will you preserve and protect inviolably the settlement of the Church of England, and the doctrine, worship, self-discipline, and authorities thereof, as by legislation established in England?
And will you protect unto the bishops and clergy of England, and to the church buildings there dedicated to their cost, all such rights and privileges as by legislation do or shall appertain to them or any of them?
The King replies:
All this I promise to do.
The King locations his hand on the Bible and says:
The issues which I’ve right here earlier than promised, I’ll carry out and maintain. So assist me God.
The King kisses the Bible. The archbishop says:
Your Majesty, are you prepared to make, subscribe, and declare to the statutory accession declaration oath?
The King replies:
I’m prepared.
I Charles do solemnly and sincerely within the presence of God profess, testify, and declare that I’m a devoted protestant, and that I’ll, in accordance with the true intent of the enactments which safe the protestant succession to the throne, uphold and preserve the stated enactments to one of the best of my powers in accordance with legislation.
The King indicators copies of the oaths, introduced by the Lord Chamberlain, while the choir sings Prevent Us, O Lord, by William Byrd.
Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings with thy most gracious favour, and additional us with thy continuous assist; that in all our works begun, continued, and led to thee, we could glorify thy holy title, and eventually by thy mercy receive eternal life; by way of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The King kneels earlier than the altar and says:
God of compassion and mercy whose son was despatched to not be served however to serve, give grace that I could discover in thy service excellent freedom and in that freedom information of thy reality.
Grant that I could also be a blessing to all thy kids, of each religion and perception, that collectively we could uncover the methods of gentleness and be led into the paths of peace; by way of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The King returns to the chair of property and sits.
The choir sings Gloria in excelsis Deo from Mass for Four Voices by William Byrd:
Gloria in excelsis Deo
et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.
Laudamus te,
benedicimus te,
adoramus te,
glorificamus te,
gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam,
Domine Deus, Rex cælestis,
Deus Pater omnipotens.
Domine Fili Unigenite, Iesu Christe,
Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris,
qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis;
qui tollis peccata mundi, suscipe deprecationem nostram.
Qui sedes advert dexteram Patris, miserere nobis.
Quoniam tu solus Sanctus, tu solus Dominus, tu solus Altissimus,
Iesu Christe, cum Sancto Spiritu: in gloria Dei Patris.
Amen
Glory be to God on excessive,
and on earth peace, goodwill in the direction of males.
We reward thee,
we bless thee,
we worship thee,
we glorify thee,
we give due to thee for thy nice glory,
O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty.
O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ;
O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father,
that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.
Thou that takest away the sins of the world, obtain our prayer.
Thou that sittest on the proper hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us.
For thou solely artwork holy; thou solely artwork the Lord; thou solely,
O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, artwork most excessive within the glory of God the Father.
Amen.
The archbishop says:
Let us pray.
All stand for the accumulate.
Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour: Look with favour upon thy servant Charles our King, and bestow upon him such items of knowledge and love that we and all thy folks could dwell in peace and prosperity and in loving service one to a different; to thine everlasting glory, who with the Father and the Holy Spirit reignest supreme over all issues, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
All sit.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reads the Epistle, from Colossians 1: 9-17:
For this trigger we additionally, because the day we heard it, don’t stop to hope for you, and to want that ye could be stuffed with the information of his will in all knowledge and non secular understanding.
That ye would possibly stroll worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in each good work, and growing within the information of God.
Strengthened with all would possibly, in accordance with his superb energy, unto all persistence and longsuffering with joyfulness; giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in mild: who hath delivered us from the facility of darkness, and hath translated us into the dominion of his expensive son: in whom now we have redemption by way of his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: who’s the picture of the invisible God, the firstborn of each creature.
For by him had been all issues created, which can be in heaven, and which can be in earth, seen and invisible, whether or not they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all issues had been created by him, and for him: and he’s earlier than all issues, and by him all issues consist.
This is the phrase of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
All stand.
The choir sings a brand new fee by Debbie Wiseman composed for this service and primarily based on Psalm 47.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
O clap your arms collectively, all ye folks;
O sing unto God with the voice of melody.
For the Lord is excessive and to be feared.
He is the good King upon all of the earth.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Dame Sarah Mullally, Dean of His Majesty’s chapels royal, reads the Gospel:
The Lord be with you
And with thy spirit.
Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ in accordance with Luke.
Glory be to thee, O Lord.
Jesus got here to Nazareth, the place he had been introduced up: and, as his customized was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to learn.
And there was delivered unto him the e-book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened the e-book, he discovered the place the place it was written, the Spirit of the Lord is upon me, as a result of he hath anointed me to evangelise the Gospel to the poor.
He hath despatched me to heal the broken-hearted, to evangelise deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty them which can be bruised, to evangelise the appropriate yr of the Lord.
And he closed the e-book, and he gave it once more to the minister, and sat down.
And the eyes of all them that had been within the synagogue had been mounted on him. And he started to say unto them, ‘today is that this scripture fulfilled in your ears’.
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Praise be to thee, O Christ.
The ascension choir sings music by Debbie Wiseman which was composed for this service and primarily based on Psalm 47:
Alleluia, alleluia!
O sing praises, sing praises unto our God:
O sing praises, sing praises unto our King.
For God is the King of all of the earth.
Alleluia, alleluia!
All sit.
The archbishop preaches the sermon.
:: THE ANOINTING
Their Majesties kneel on the chairs of property.
The congregation kneels or stays seated.
The choir sings Veni Creator in English, Welsh, Gaelic, and Irish.
Come, Holy Ghost, our souls encourage,
And lighten with celestial hearth.
Thou the anointing Spirit artwork,
Who dost thy sevenfold items impart.
(Welsh)
O gynorthwyydd oddi fry,
Rhodd werthfawrocaf Duw wyt ti:
Ffynhonnell bywyd, dwyfol dân
Eneinia ni â’th Ysbryd Glân.
(Scots Gaelic)
Fada bhuain iomain ar nàmh
Agus builich sa bhad do ghràs
Ò, treòraich sinn, a Cheannaird àird
Bho bhuaidh gach beud agus cràdh.
(Irish Gaelic)
Go dtí dhíot gurb aithnid dúinn an
tAthair Mhac, a Spioraid, a rún,
Tú leoan Triúr i néinphearsa
Creidimis ionaibh tré bhiotha na mbeatha.
Praise to thy everlasting advantage,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
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Come, Holy Ghost, our souls encourage,
And lighten with celestial hearth.
Thou the anointing Spirit artwork,
Who dost thy sevenfold items impart.
Thy blessed unction from above
Is consolation, life, and hearth of affection.
Enable with perpetual mild
The dullness of our blinded sight.
Anoint and cheer our dirty face
With the abundance of thy grace.
Keep far our foes, give peace at dwelling:
Where thou artwork information, no in poor health can come.
Teach us to know the Father, Son,
And thee, of each, to be however One.
That, by way of the ages all alongside,
This could also be our infinite music:
Praise to thy everlasting advantage,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
The Archbishop of Canterbury is introduced with the oil, by Dr Hosam Naoum, the Anglican Archbishop in Jerusalem. The Archbishop of Canterbury says:
Blessed artwork thou, Sovereign God,
upholding with thy grace all who’re referred to as to thy service.
Thy prophets of previous anointed clergymen and kings to serve in thy title
and within the fullness of time thine solely Son was anointed by the Holy Spirit
to be the Christ, the Saviour and Servant of all.
By the facility of the identical Spirit,
bless and sanctify this oil,
that it might be for thy servant Charles
an indication of pleasure and gladness;
that as King he could know the abundance of thy grace
and the facility of thy mercy,
and that we could also be made a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
a folks for thine personal possession.
Blessed be God, our energy and our salvation, now and for ever. Amen.
The King is divested of the gown of state, and strikes to take a seat within the coronation chair. The anointing display screen, borne by representatives of the Household Division, is held across the coronation chair.
The choir sings Zadok the Priest by George Frideric Handel which was composed for the coronation of George II in 1727:
Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed Solomon king; and all of the folks rejoiced, and stated: God save the King. Long dwell the King. May the King dwell endlessly. Hallelujah. Amen
During the anthem, the Archbishop of Canterbury anoints the King within the type of a cross: on the palm of each arms, saying:
Be your arms anointed with holy oil.
On the breast, saying:
Be your breast anointed with holy oil.
On the crown of the pinnacle, saying:
Be your head anointed with holy oil, as kings, clergymen, and prophets had been anointed. And as Solomon was anointed king
by Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet, so could you be anointed, blessed, and consecrated King over the peoples,
whom the Lord your God has given you to rule and govern; within the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
The anointing display screen is eliminated. The King kneels earlier than the altar and the archbishop says:
Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God,
who by his Father was anointed with the oil of gladness above his fellows,
by his holy anointing pour down upon your head and coronary heart the blessing of the Holy Spirit,
and prosper the works of your arms:
that by the help of his heavenly grace chances are you’ll govern and protect the peoples dedicated to your cost
in wealth, peace, and godliness;
and after a protracted and superb course of ruling a temporal kingdom properly, justly, and religiously,
chances are you’ll ultimately be made partaker of an everlasting kingdom,
by way of the identical Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
:: THE INVESTITURE AND THE CROWNING
The King rises and is vested with the colobium sindonis, supertunica, and girdle.
The King sits within the coronation chair.
The spurs are introduced from the altar by the Lord Great Chamberlain. The King touches them, and the archbishop says:
Receive these spurs, symbols of navy honour and chivalry, that you could be be a courageous advocate for these in want.
The Byzantine Chant Ensemble sings Psalm 72. This second has been specifically commissioned to replicate His Majesty’s paternal heritage.
His late father, the Duke of Edinburgh, was born a prince of Greece, and as such, in a service so deeply reminiscent and steeped within the recollections of the King’s late mom, Queen Elizabeth II, the Greek choir had been invited to remind him of his father’s affect.
Θεός, τὸ κρίμα σου τῷ βασιλεῖ δὸς καὶ τὴν
δικαιοσύνην σου τῷ υἱῷ τοῦ βασιλέως κρίνειν
τὸν λαόν σου ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ τοὺς πτωχούς σου ἐν κρίσει.
Ἀλληλούΐα.
Κρινεῖ τοὺς πτωχοὺς τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ σώσει
τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν πενήτων καὶ ταπεινώσει
συκοφάντην. Ἀλληλούΐα.
Καὶ συμπαραμενεῖ τῷ ἡλίῳ καὶ πρὸ τῆς
σελήνης γενεὰς γενεῶν. Ἀλληλούΐα.
Ἀνατελεῖ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ δικαιοσύνη
καὶ πλῆθος εἰρήνης, ἕως οὗ ἀνταναιρεθῇ ἡ
σελήνη. Ἀλληλούΐα.
Δόξα Πατρί, καὶ Υἱῷ, καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι.
Καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τούς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.
Ἀμήν.
Κύριε, σῶσον τὸν Βασιλέα καὶ ἐπάκουσον
ἡμῶν ἐν ᾗ ἂν ἡμέρα ἐπικαλεσώμεθά σε.
Ἀλληλούϊα,
Ἀλληλούϊα,
Ἀλληλούϊα.
Δόξα σοι ὁ Θεός ἡμῶν, δόξα σοι.
Give the king your judgements, O God, and your righteousness to the son of a king.
Then shall he choose your folks righteously and your poor with justice. Alleluia.
May he defend the poor among the many folks, ship the kids of the needy and crush the oppressor. Alleluia.
May he dwell so long as the solar and moon endure, from one technology to a different. Alleluia.
In his time shall righteousness flourish, and abundance of peace until the moon shall be no extra. Alleluia.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was at first, is now, and shall be for ever. Amen.
O Lord, save the king and reply us after we name upon you.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Glory to you, our God, glory to you.
During the mantra, the Lord President of the Council exchanges the sword of state for the jewelled sword of providing, and delivers it to the archbishop, who says:
Hear our prayers, O Lord, we beseech thee, and so direct and assist thy servant King Charles, that he could not bear the Sword in useless; however could use it because the minister of God to withstand evil and defend the great, by way of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The jewelled sword of providing is positioned into the King’s proper hand. The archbishop says:
Receive this kingly Sword: could or not it’s to you, and to all who witness this stuff, an indication and image not of judgement, however of justice; not of would possibly, however of mercy.
The King rises. The sword is put upon the King, and he sits. The archbishop says:
With this sword do justice, cease the expansion of iniquity, defend the holy Church of God and all folks of goodwill, assist and defend widows and orphans, restore the issues which can be gone to decay, preserve the issues which can be restored, punish and reform what’s amiss, and ensure what’s in good order:
That doing this stuff chances are you’ll be superb in all advantage; and so faithfully serve our Lord Jesus Christ on this life, that you could be reign for ever with him within the life which is to return. Amen.
The King stands and gives the sword on the altar, the place it’s obtained by the Dean. The King returns to the coronation chair. The sword is redeemed and is returned to the Lord President of the Council.
The armills are introduced from the altar by Lord Kamall. The King touches them, and the archbishop says:
Receive the bracelets of sincerity and knowledge, tokens of God’s safety embracing you on each facet.
The gown royal is dropped at the King by Baroness Merron. The stole royal is introduced to the King by The Prince of Wales. The King is invested and sits within the coronation chair.
The archbishop says:
Receive this gown: could the Lord dress you with the gown of righteousness, and with the clothes of salvation.
The orb is introduced from the altar by the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland and Metropolitan. The Archbishop of Canterbury locations it within the King’s proper hand and says:
Receive this orb, set underneath the Cross, and keep in mind at all times that the kingdoms of this world are turn into the dominion of our God, and of his Christ.
The orb is returned to the altar. The ring is introduced from the altar by Lord Patel. The King touches the ring and the archbishop says:
Receive this ring, an emblem of kingly dignity, and an indication of the covenant sworn today, between God and King, King and other people.
The glove is introduced ahead by Lord Singh. The glove is put upon the King’s proper hand. The archbishop says:
Receive this glove, that you could be maintain authority with gentleness and charm, trusting not in your individual energy however within the mercy of God.
The sceptre with cross and the sceptre with dove are introduced from the altar by the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church and the Archbishop of Wales. The Archbishop of Canterbury delivers them into the King’s proper and left arms, and says:
Receive the royal sceptre, the ensign of kingly energy and justice; and the rod of fairness and mercy, an emblem of covenant and peace.
May the spirit of the Lord who anointed Jesus at his baptism, so anoint you today, that you simply would possibly train authority with knowledge, and direct your counsels with grace; that by your service and ministry to all of your folks, justice and mercy could also be seen in all of the earth.
All stand.
The Archbishop takes St Edward’s Crown into his arms and says:
King of kings and Lord of lords, bless, we beseech thee, this Crown, and so sanctify thy servant Charles upon whose head today thou dost place it for an indication of royal majesty, that he could also be topped with thy gracious favour and stuffed with ample grace and all princely virtues; by way of him who liveth and reigneth supreme over all issues, one God, world with out finish. Amen.
The archbishop crowns the King. The archbishop says:
God save the King.
All reply:
God save the King.
The coronation brass ensemble performs Wiener Philharmoniker Fanfare by Richard Strauss, organized by Paul Mealor.
The bells of the abbey are rung. A gun salute is fired by the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery on Horse Guards Parade. This is accompanied by gun salutes at His Majesty’s Fortress the Tower of London fired by the Honourable Artillery Company, and at saluting stations all through the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, Bermuda, and ships at sea.
All stay standing.
The Lord Archbishop of York and Primate of England, says:
Lord bless you and maintain you. The Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord raise up the sunshine of his countenance upon you, and offer you his peace.
The Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain says:
The Lord defend you in all of your methods and prosper all of your work in his title.
The Moderator of the Free Churches Group says:
The Lord offer you hope and happiness, that you could be encourage all of your folks
within the imitation of his unchanging love.
The General Secretary of Churches Together in England says:
The Lord grant that knowledge and information be the steadiness of your instances, and the concern of the Lord your treasure.
The Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster says:
May God pour upon you the richness of his grace, bless you and maintain you in his holy concern, put together you for a contented eternity, and obtain you on the final into immortal glory.
The Archbishop of Canterbury says:
And the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be with you and stay with you at all times. Amen.
All sit.
The choir sings an anthem by Thomas Weelkes:
O Lord, grant the king a protracted life, that his years could endure all through all generations.
Let him dwell earlier than thee for ever.
O put together thy loving mercy and faithfulness that they could protect him. So we could alway sing and reward thy title. Amen.
:: THE ENTHRONING AND THE HOMAGE
The King is enthroned, escorted by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York and bishops assistant, surrounded by nice officers of state. The Archbishop of Canterbury says:
I, Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury, might be devoted and true, and religion and reality I’ll bear unto you, our sovereign Lord, defender of the religion; and unto your heirs and successors in accordance with legislation. So assist me God.
The Prince of Wales kneels earlier than the King and says:
I, William, Prince of Wales, pledge my loyalty to you, and religion and reality I’ll bear unto you, as your liege man of life and limb. So assist me God.
All stand.
The archbishop says:
I now invite those that want to provide their assist to take action, with a second of personal reflection, by becoming a member of in saying ‘God save King Charles’ on the finish, or, for these with the phrases earlier than them, to recite them in full.
All reply: I swear that I’ll pay true allegiance to Your Majesty, and to your heirs and successors in accordance with legislation. So assist me God.
A fanfare is sounded, after which the archbishop says:
God save the king.
All reply:
God save King Charles.
Long dwell King Charles.
May the King dwell for ever.
All sit.
The choir, along with Roderick Williams, will sing Confortare by Henry Walford-Davies, which was composed for the coronation of George VI in 1937:
Be sturdy, and present thy price: maintain the commandments of the Lord thy God, and stroll in his methods.
:: THE CORONATION OF THE QUEEN
The Archbishop of Canterbury anoints the Queen and says:
Be your head anointed with holy oil.
Almighty God, the fountain of all goodness; hear our prayer today for thy servant Camilla, whom in thy title, and with all devotion, we consecrate our Queen; make her sturdy in religion and love, defend her on each facet, and information her in reality and peace; by way of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Queen’s ring is introduced from the altar by the Keeper of the Jewel House. The Queen touches the ring. The archbishop says:
Receive this ring, an emblem of royal dignity and an indication of the covenant sworn today.
The crown is introduced from the altar. The Queen is topped by the archbishop, who says:
May thy servant Camilla, who wears this crown, be crammed by thine ample grace and with all princely virtues; reign in her coronary heart, O King of affection, that, being sure of thy safety, she could also be topped with thy gracious favour; by way of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Queen’s sceptre and rod are introduced from the altar by the Lord Chartres and Reverend Rose Hudson Wilkin, Bishop of Dover. The Queen touches them in flip. The archbishop says:
Receive the royal sceptre. Receive the Rod of fairness and mercy.
May the Spirit information you in knowledge and charm, that, by your service and ministry, justice and mercy could also be seen in all of the earth.
The Queen is enthroned, escorted by the archbishops and bishops assistant.
The choir sings an anthem by Andrew Lloyd Webber, composed for this service:
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord
for he hath carried out marvellous issues
and his holy arm hath gotten him the victory.
He hath remembered his mercy
and his reality towards the home of Israel,
all of the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
O make a joyful noise unto the Lord all of the earth.
Make a loud noise, rejoice and sing his reward.
Let the ocean roar, the world and so they that dwell inside.
Let the floods clap their arms,
let the hills be joyful collectively.
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord all of the earth.
Rejoice and sing his reward.
For he cometh to guage the earth.
And with righteousness shall he choose the world
and the folks with fairness.
O make a joyful noise unto the Lord all of the earth.
Sing unto the Lord with the harp
and the voice of a psalm.
With trumpets and sound of cornet make a
joyful noise earlier than the Lord, the King.
All stand to sing the hymn.
The tune Westminster Abbey comes from the top of Henry Purcell’s anthem O God Thou Art My God.
The King gives bread and wine that are positioned on the altar. Their Majesties transfer by way of the Chapel of St Edward to the chairs of property.
Christ is made the positive basis,
and the dear corner-stone,
who, the 2 partitions underlying,
sure in every, binds each in a single,
holy Sion’s assist for ever,
and her confidence alone.
All that devoted metropolis,
dearly cherished by God on excessive,
in exultant jubilation
pours perpetual melody,
God the One, in threefold glory,
singing everlastingly.
To this temple, the place we name thee,
come, O Lord of hosts, in the present day;
with thy wonted loving-kindness,
hear thy folks as they pray;
and thy fullest benediction
shed inside its partitions for ay.
Here vouchsafe to all thy servants
what they supplicate to realize;
right here to have and maintain for ever,
these good issues their prayers receive,
and hereafter, in thy glory,
with thy blessed ones to reign.
Laud and honour to the Father;
laud and honour to the Son,
laud and honour to the Spirit,
ever Three, and ever One,
consubstantial, co-eternal,
whereas never-ending ages run.
Amen.
All stay standing.
The archbishop says:
Bless, O Lord, we beseech thee, these thy items,
and sanctify them unto this holy use,
that by them we could also be made partakers of the Body and Blood
of thine only-begotten Son Jesus Christ,
and fed unto eternal lifetime of soul and physique:
And that thy servant King Charles
could also be enabled to the discharge of his weighty workplace,
whereunto of thy nice goodness thou hast referred to as and appointed him.
Grant this, O Lord, for Jesus Christ’s sake,
our solely Mediator and Advocate. Amen.
The Lord be with you.
And with thy Spirit.
Lift up your hearts.
We raise them up unto the Lord.
Let us give thanks unto the Lord our God.
It is meet and proper so to do.
It may be very meet, proper, and our bounden obligation that we must always always and all over the place give thanks unto thee,
O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty, eternal God, by way of Jesus Christ thine solely Son our Lord.
Who hast right now consecrated thy servant Charles to be our King, that, by the anointing of thy grace, he could be the Defender of thy Faith and the Protector of thy folks; that, with him, we could be taught the methods of service, compassion, and love, and that the great work which thou hast begun in him today could also be dropped at completion within the day of Jesus Christ.
Therefore with angels and archangels, and with all the corporate of heaven, we laud and amplify thy superb title,
evermore praising thee and saying.
The choir sings Sanctus by Roxanna Panufnik, which was composed for this service.
The archbishop continues:
All glory be to thee, Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who, of thy tender mercy, didst give thine solely Son Jesus Christ to endure demise upon the cross for our redemption; who made there, by his one oblation of himself as soon as provided, a full, excellent and enough sacrifice, oblation and satisfaction for the sins of the entire world; and did institute, and in his holy gospel command us to proceed, a perpetual reminiscence of that his valuable demise, till his coming once more.
Hear us, O merciful Father, we most humbly beseech thee, and grant that, by the facility of thy Holy Spirit, we receiving these thy creatures of bread and wine, in accordance with thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ’s holy establishment, in remembrance of his demise and keenness, could also be partakers of his most blessed physique and blood;
Who, in the identical evening that he was betrayed, took bread; and when he had given due to thee, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying: take, eat; that is my physique which is given for you; do that in remembrance of me.
Likewise after supper he took the cup; and when he had given due to thee, he gave it to them, saying: drink ye all of this; for that is my blood of the brand new covenant, which is shed for you and for a lot of for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, as oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me.
Wherefore, O Lord and heavenly Father, we thy humble servants, having in remembrance the dear demise and keenness of thy expensive Son, his mighty resurrection and superb ascension, totally want thy fatherly goodness mercifully to just accept this our sacrifice of reward and thanksgiving.
Most humbly beseeching thee to grant that by the deserves and demise of thy Son Jesus Christ and thru religion in his blood, we and all thy complete Church could receive remission of our sins, and all different advantages of his ardour.
And though we be unworthy, by way of our manifold sins, to supply unto thee any sacrifice, but we beseech thee to just accept this our bounden obligation and repair, not weighing our deserves, however pardoning our offences, and to grant that every one we, who’re partakers of this holy communion, could also be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction.
Through Jesus Christ our Lord, by whom, and with whom, and in whom, within the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory be unto thee, O Father Almighty, world with out finish.
Amen.
The archbishop introduces the Lord’s Prayer:
Let us pray with confidence as our Saviour has taught us:
All sit or kneel.
Our Father, who artwork in heaven, hallowed be thy title; thy kingdom come; thy might be carried out; on earth as it’s in heaven. Give us today our each day bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those that trespass towards us. And lead us not into temptation; however ship us from evil. For thine is the dominion, the facility and the glory, with no sign of ending. Amen.
The choir sings Agnus Dei by Tarik O’Regan, throughout which Their Majesties obtain Holy Communion.
O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.
O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.
O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, grant us thy peace.
The archbishop says:
Let us pray.
All stand.
The archbishop says the post-communion prayer:
O Almighty Lord,
and eternal God, vouchsafe,
we beseech thee, to direct,
sanctify and govern each our hearts and our bodies,
within the methods of thy legal guidelines,
and within the works of thy commandments;
that by way of thy most mighty safety,
each right here and ever, we could also be preserved in physique and soul;
by way of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
The archbishop introduces the blessing:
Our assistance is within the title of the Lord:
Who hath made heaven and earth.
Blessed be the title of the Lord.
Now and henceforth, world with out finish. Amen.
Christ our King, make you devoted and robust to do his will, that you could be reign with him in glory; and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, relaxation upon you, and all whom you serve, today, and all of your days.
The choir sings Amen by Orlando Gibbons.
All sing the hymn, Praise, My Soul, by Henry Lyte, throughout which Their Majesties transfer to the Chapel of St Edward.
Praise, my soul, the King of heaven;
to his ft thy tribute deliver.
Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
who like me his reward ought to sing?
Praise him! Praise him!
Praise the eternal King.
Praise him for his grace and favour
to our fathers in misery;
reward him nonetheless the identical for ever,
gradual to chide, and swift to bless.
Praise him! Praise him!
superb in his faithfulness.
Father-like, he tends and spares us;
nicely our feeble body he is aware of;
in his arms he gently bears us,
rescues us from all our foes.
Praise him! Praise him!
extensively as his mercy flows.
Angels, assist us to adore him;
ye behold him head to head;
solar and moon, bow down earlier than him;
dwellers all in time and area.
Praise him! Praise him!
Praise with us the God of grace.
All sit.
The choir sings the Anthem, composed by William Boyce for the coronation of George III in 1761:
The King shall rejoice in thy energy O Lord.
Exceeding glad shall he be of thy salvation.
Thou shalt forestall him with the blessings of goodness,
and shalt set a crown of pure gold upon his head.
The choir sings Te Deum laudamus, which is typically referred to as The Hymn of the Church. It was composed by William Walton for the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953:
We reward thee, O God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.
All the earth doth worship thee, the Father eternal.
To thee all angels cry aloud, the heavens and all of the powers therein.
To thee cherubin and seraphin regularly do cry,
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth;
Heaven and earth are stuffed with the majesty of thy glory.
The superb firm of the apostles reward thee.
The goodly fellowship of the prophets reward thee.
The noble military of martyrs reward thee.
The holy Church all through all of the world doth acknowledge thee:
the Father of an infinite majesty;
thine honourable, true and solely Son;
additionally the Holy Ghost the Comforter.
Thou artwork the King of glory, O Christ.
Thou artwork the eternal Son of the Father.
When thou tookest upon thee to ship man,
thou didst not abhor the Virgin’s womb.
When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of demise,
thou didst open the dominion of heaven to all believers.
Thou sittest on the proper hand of God, within the glory of the Father.
We imagine that thou shalt come to be our choose.
We subsequently pray thee, assist thy servants,
whom thou hast redeemed with thy valuable blood.
Make them to be numbered with thy saints in glory eternal.
O Lord, save thy folks and bless thine heritage.
Govern them and raise them up for ever.
Day by day we amplify thee;
and we worship thy title, ever world with out finish.
Vouchsafe, O Lord, to maintain us today with out sin.
O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us.
O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us, as our belief is in thee.
O Lord, in thee have I trusted; let me by no means be confounded.
A fanfare sounds.
All stand to sing the nationwide anthem.
God save our gracious King!
Long dwell our noble King!
God save the King!
Send him victorious,
Happy and superb,
Long to reign over us,
God save the King.
Thy choicest items in retailer
On him be happy to pour,
Long could he reign.
May he defend our legal guidelines,
And ever give us trigger,
To sing with coronary heart and voice,
God save the King.
:: PROCESSION OF THE KING AND THE QUEEN
The King is greeted on the Great West Door by Faith Leaders and Representatives, who say:
Your Majesty, as neighbours in religion, we acknowledge the worth of public service. We unite with folks of all faiths and beliefs in thanksgiving, and in service with you for the widespread good.
The King is greeted by the governors-general.
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