The Order of Service for the Coronation of King Charles on Saturday is now available online, and a very interesting read it is.
The central element is obviously the anointing of the King, but there’s much else of interest there. I especially commend the bit about the presentation of the Regalia, whereby peers of non-Christian faiths present to the King treasures like a jewelled sword (to protect widows and orphans) and the spurs of Charles II (poor man; he really did need to move fast), and the Orb and Glove. What’s not to like? If the world is divided between the Wrong and Romantic and the Right and Repulsive, then this is all something for the Romantics (and who’s to say they’re Wrong?).
