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Evening Standard
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Nicholas Cecil and Robert Jobson

Swearing allegiance to King Charles III will be ‘individual choice,’ says Foreign Secretary James Cleverly

Swearing allegiance to the King will be an “individual choice,” a Cabinet minister stressed on Tuesday.

Ahead of the Coronation on Saturday, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly emphasised that no-one would be forced to take such an oath.

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