THE Coronation will be like nothing we’ve ever seen, a leading Royal expert has said.
Michael Cole also told GB News the King was making a very special change.
He said: “It is the most important moment of Charles’ reign. The anointing is very, very important during the ritual of the coronation – it’s the most sacred and the most intimate. When the Queen was anointed in 1953, she just had a little canopy over her head – very, very similar to the chuppah which is used in Jewish wedding ceremonies, the bridal pair stand under it, so it looks a bit like that. And at that point, the BBC cameras who uniquely had been allowed in for this correlation looked away because the monarchs, hands, head and breast are anointed with the Holy oil.
“But, the King has made a change in this. He’s commissioned a very, very beautiful screen which will enclose him on three sides. It’s been made by 150 needlework specialists at the Royal School of Needlework in Hampton Court. It’s beautifully designed and based on a window at the Chapel Royal in St. James’s Palace and essentially it’s a beautiful tree and each of the leaves, 54 leaves, bears the names of the countries of the Commonwealth. This will enclose him while this ceremony and the anointing go on, and he will then be wearing a simple white shirt.
“This is a very key point to it, and only after the anointing and the crowning and the expressions of loyalty will he actually become king. It will be a very important moment, the most important moment in the whole of his reign – be it long or short. That is the key thing. We won’t be seeing it but we will know what’s going on behind that beautiful screen.”
