Millions watching the coronation around the world are to be asked to swear allegiance to the King, with the public given an active role in the ancient ceremony for the first time in history.
Charles’s coronation has been modernised to include the first ever Homage of the People. Lambeth Palace said it was hoped the significant change to the historic service will result in a “great cry around the nation and around the world of support for the King” from those watching on television, online or gathered in the open air at big screens.
It replaces the traditional Homage of Peers in which a long line of hereditary peers knelt and made a pledge to the monarch in person.
