King Charles has actually ended up being the very first queen to hope openly at a crowning – wishing grace to be ‘a true blessing to all… of every faith and belief’, and to serve after the pattern of Christ.
An unique personal prayer was composed for the King to show the “caring service” style of the service, and the words were influenced in part by the popular hymn I Vow To Thee My Country.
He said: “God of empathy and grace whose child was sent not to be served however to serve, provide grace that I might discover in thy service best flexibility and because flexibility understanding of thy reality. Grant that I might be a true blessing to all thy kids, of every faith and belief, that together we might discover the methods of gentleness and be led into the courses of peace; through Jesus Christ our lord. Amen.”
And as he took the Oath, the King said: “I, Charles, do solemnly and seriously in the existence of God proclaim, affirm, and state that I am a faithful Protestant, which I will, according to the real intent of the enactments which secure the Protestant succession to the throne, support and preserve the said enactments to the very best of my powers according to law.”
The King then signed copies of the Oaths, provided by the Lord Chamberlain, while the choir sang.
