BEAUCHAMP LODGE 1422 - The West Kent Military Lodge

Respectful and Epic - The Homage of the People

Author:
Mark Eyles-Thomas
PDProvGM West Kent, Member of Beauchamp Lodge No.1422
Date:
1 May 2023
Category:
Homage of the People

People watching the Coronation will be invited to join a "chorus of millions" to swear allegiance to the King and his heirs, organisers say.

The public pledge (homage of the people) is one of several striking changes to the ancient ceremony revealed on Saturday.

In a coronation full of firsts, female clergy will play a prominent role, and the King himself will pray out loud.

The Christian service will also see religious leaders from other faiths have an active part for the first time.

The Coronation on Saturday will be the first to incorporate other languages spoken in Britain, with a hymn set to be sung in Welsh, Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic.

Despite changes designed to reflect other faiths, the three oaths the King will take and form the heart of the service remain unchanged, including the promise to maintain "the Protestant Reformed Religion".

Full details of the Westminster Abbey service - the theme of which is "called to serve" - have been published by Lambeth Palace.

The Archbishop of Canterbury said it would "recognise and celebrate tradition" as well as contain "new elements that reflect the diversity of our contemporary society".

The public will be given an active role in the ceremony for the first time, with people around the world set to be asked to cry out and swear allegiance to the King.

The Homage of The People

Archbishop of Canterbury: I call upon all persons of goodwill in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of the other Realms and the Territories to make their homage, in heart and voice, to their undoubted King, defender of all.

All who so desire, in the Abbey, and elsewhere, say together:

All: I swear that I will pay true allegiance to Your Majesty, and to your heirs and successors according to law. So help me God.

A fanfare is played

Archbishop of Canterbury: God save the King.

All: God save King Charles. Long live King Charles. May the King live for ever.

A picture of the Homage of the People as printed in the Daily Mail

The Homage of the People

A picture of a person carrying the order of service for the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla

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