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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Chiara Fiorillo

Major last-minute change to Coronation oath after backlash to King Charles pledge

Brits will not have to pay homage to King Charles as a controversial element of the Coronation service at Westminster Abbey was toned down in a last-minute change.

The monarch reportedly approved that the "Homage of the People" element be changed following widespread critics by commentators who described the addition as divisive.

Broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby, a friend of Charles who wrote the King's authorised biography, said the monarch would find the Homage of the People "abhorrent".

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