And even if one did prove to be ill, one shouldn’t give up, they had new treatments that promised an arrest of the disease’s inexorable course, research was progressing. Of course, it was hard not to worry, everyone was worried, but it wouldn’t do to panic, because, as Max pointed out to Quentin, there wasn’t anything one could do except wait and hope, wait and start being careful, be careful, and hope. And he said, to Frank, that he would go, even though he was indeed frightened, as he admitted to Jan, but who wouldn’t be frightened now, though, odd as that might seem, he hadn’t been worrying until recently, he avowed to Quentin, it was only in the last six months that he had the metallic taste of panic in his mouth, because becoming seriously ill was something that happened to other people, a normal delusion, he observed to Paolo, if one was thirty-eight and had never had a serious illness he wasn’t, as Jan confirmed, a hypochondriac. But did he have a good doctor, Stephen wanted to know, since it would have been crazy not to go for a checkup after the pressure was off and he was back from the conference in Helsinki, even if by then he was feeling better. Edward's Crown will be placed on his head.Īfter King Charles is crowned, his Queen Consort, Camilla, will be crowned.At first he was just losing weight, he felt only a little ill, Max said to Ellen, and he didn’t call for an appointment with his doctor, according to Greg, because he was managing to keep on working at more or less the same rhythm, but he did stop smoking, Tanya pointed out, which suggests he was frightened, but also that he wanted, even more than he knew, to be healthy, or healthier, or maybe just to gain back a few pounds, said Orson, for he told her, Tanya went on, that he expected to be climbing the walls (isn’t that what people say?) and found, to his surprise, that he didn’t miss cigarettes at all and revelled in the sensation of his lungs’ being ache-free for the first time in years. Then, Charles will be given the royal robe, the orb, the coronation ring, the sceptre and the rod of his position. Queen Elizabeth II's coronation regalia 23 photosĪfter the oath, Charles is expected to be anointed with holy oil by the Archbishop of Canterbury, who will pour the oil onto a spoon and anoint Charles' hands, head and breast. It is expected that King Charles' oath will be similar, though he is expected to recognize all faiths. and Commonwealth countries according to law, exercise justice with mercy and maintain the Church of England. Queen Elizabeth II swore to rule the U.K. The exact wording of the oath has varied over the centuries. The only part of the coronation ceremony that is required by law is the Coronation Oath. The crowns and other royal regalia for King Charles' coronation.Traditionally the events take place as follows: the Recognition, the Coronation Oath, the Anointing, the Investiture and the Enthronement and Homage. The coronation ceremony will begin at Westminster Abbey at 11:00 a.m. The King and Queen Consort will be accompanied by The Sovereign's Escort of the Household Cavalry during their processions, which will also include hundreds of members of the British armed forces and members of the armed forces from other Commonwealth countries and British Overseas Territories. The Queen famously described her bumpy journey in the Gold State Coach as "horrible." A hologram of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II during her coronation is projected in the Gold State Coach on June 5, 2022, in London, England, amid celebrations for the queen's Platinum Jubilee. For that procession, she traveled in the Gold State Coach, which King Charles and Camilla will also use for their trip back to Buckingham Palace. Her outward journey was 1.6 miles long, but her return procession was five miles and took two hours. The late Queen Elizabeth II took a much longer route for her coronation procession. It has hydraulic suspension and air conditioning. The Diamond Jubilee State Coach was first used by Queen Elizabeth II at the state opening of Parliament in 2014. King Charles and Camilla, who at that stage will still be the queen consort, will travel in the Diamond Jubilee State Coach on their way to Westminster Abbey. The route is 1.3 miles long, directly through central London. King Charles will begin to travel from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey in a procession.
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